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Originally posted by ladygreek
The unfortunate thing is that the current welfare system requires that you get a job within five years. If the only job you can get is at a company that pays ultra-low wages, (and for example, the majority of your pay barely pays for housing, child care, and transportation) you are stuck in the cycle. I guess that is why I am less judgemental than I used to be. Working in social services I see the struggles that many earnest people, trying to get on their feet, go through. And I know that companies like WalMart do not help the situation.
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Soror, I will say I do agree with you to a certain extent. I once read this book called Nickel and Dimed which talked about the poverty cycle. One of the things the author pointed out was that when she was working at Walmart she was only making $7 an hour but she was required to buy a Walmart shirt to wear for work that cost $7. It was hard because she said a work shirt cost one hour of her pay. Something to think about....(read the book to gather a better meaning)
However, from a consumer stand point, I don't think that not shopping at Walmart is going to help the situation at all.
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