So... Do These Numbers Actually Check Out?

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robkelk wrote:

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Dartz wrote:

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What I want to know, is where the idea that working more than 40 hours a week and still being just above the poverty line is a noble thing came from?

I think it's a serious misinterpretation of the old "hard work is its own reward" protestant work ethic.

It's the GOP version story of David Copperfield. Unfortunately not everyone can become an entrepreneur, lucked out on the stock market, won the lottery, a movie star or a sports star. What happens to those who are not so blessed? Yo have to work harder nowadays just to stay in place. What happens to those who did not win the "birth lottery"?
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