A review by michellegotto
The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler

5.0

this book is outstanding and should be required reading - for every high school senior, for every voter, and certainly for EVERY person running for elected office. shipler lays out the problem in an understandable way - and lays blame where it belongs. this is no polemic - there is blame on all sides, government (republicans and democrats alike), society and the poor themselves. if you've never had to worry about how to feed your children, or whether you could keep the heat on, you MUST read this book. it will change the way you look at poverty, our current system, and the way we lift people out of it. (hint: it's not as simple as "get a job.")