If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers.
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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.
And check this out: If every American had one meat-free day per week, it would be the same as taking eight million cars off American roads in a year.
Nobody who works 40 hours a week should have to live in poverty.
The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.
Shockingly, the Bidens donated under $1,000 to all charities combined every year for the ten years prior to 2008.
Congressmen spend between five and seven hours a day on the phone, begging for money.
Volunteering has been undervalued in Britain for a long time. Often it has been seen as a kind of cut-price, amateur version of work that would be better done by the state. When politicians speak about it, people hear in the background the sound of budgets being cut.
Our work to provide equal opportunities for all Americans should be a year-round mission.
Today, we don't blink an eye when the world's wealthiest individuals donate enormous sums of money to charitable causes. In fact, we expect them to do so.
By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own machines, which cost us $45, we paying for them on the installment plan. We paid $5 down and $1 a month after that.
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