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Originally Posted by JerseyWins
Providing more jobs is still the first step in helping families in poverty. Maybe they're all minimum wage jobs, idk the details, but still without MORE jobs first and foremost, how else are they supposed to get help for work? The main other thing I can think of is raising minimum wage (which coincides with slightly higher rates in general), and min wage actually has been rising quite a bit across the states in the last few years. I can't speak for every state as it varies and I'm pretty sure NJ has one of the highest increases in minimum wage rates (from $8.50 to $10 to $11 next month) but from what I understand the minimum wage is increasing as a whole across the country and will only continue to... supposed to get up to $15/hr within a couple years in many states.
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If even trained professions like teaching require a second job to support it then you know the system's broken. It's not just minimum wage jobs that are not sustainable. Stats like this are meaningless if people still can't support the costs of living without multiple jobs.
Given that anything that helps the poor is shut down as 'EVIL SOCIALISM!' by the republicans, I think the crawl towards liveable nationwide wages will be a slow one. I don't think a wage boost in the future will do much to comfort families that are struggling now.