New York Times 4/1/11
Many Low Wage Jobs Seen as Failing to Meet Basic Needs by Motoko Rich
Using interviews with Wider Opportunities for Women and a report they had just published at the time of the article being written titles "The Basic Economic Security Tables for the Unites States" Rich proposes the following:
p1- A single worker needs an income of $30,012 to cover basic expenses
p2 -This is close to three times the 2010 national poverty level for a single person
p3 - And twice the federal minimum wage
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c1- Therefor getting a job "may not be nearly enough for basic economic security."
Here's the link for the entire article (its pretty short) - What do youz guys think?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/business/economy/01jobs.html?pagewanted=all
