In reality, most of America's poor work hard, often in two or more jobs.
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These Americans are among the working poor with full-time jobs earning $5.15 an hour. Millions fall into this boat, even more when you consider that the poverty line has not been adequately adjusted to reflect the true level of poverty in this country.
People who work full-time in America should not have to live in poverty - simple as that. Too many jobs don't pay enough to get by, let alone get ahead. Too many people are finding the rungs on the ladder of opportunity further and further apart.
We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.
What seems extraordinary is that the richest countries in the world, in terms of economic output, are the ones where we work hardest.
The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent.
The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Many hard working people in low paid jobs get housing benefit.
Americans are hard working, innovative, proud people who want bad government policies and high taxes to get out of the way so they can take care of their families and pursue their dreams.
Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.
The vast majority of the American people are hard-working taxpayers who take responsibility for their families, go to work every day, they pay their mortgage on time, they volunteer in their community.