1.6 cents..WHAT? is that possible?

In "Nickel-and-Dimed: on (Not) Getting by in America" I was amazed about how Erenreich conducted an experiment to see what it is like living on wages paid in most service jobs. She wanted to experience poverty and see how it feels to be a long term low waged worker. She lived in a rundown home, struggling to pay rent. She went on many job searches and realized how hard it was to get a job even getting paid six to seven dollars an hour. She could barely survive herself, and she couldn't possibly imagine how single mothers on welfare managed to survive. She realized she'd never be able to hold two jobs, and she couldn't even live off of one job. In the end she realized the low waged workers she had encountered were far too nice and worthy of something than to be paid such low wages. She hopes that they can realize and take appropriate action. I give her a lot of credit for doing this experiment. She is someone well off and now knows hands on what it is like to live in poverty. I know I would never be able to go through with it, lets face it money is sweet and we all love it and we all want more of it, and when we dont have any, were not happy. Maybe were all just spoiled, or lucky? Maybe theres something very wrong with this world? "Pennies an Hour and No Way up" was just very disturbing. It was information I and I'm sure many others are unaware of. A woman works very hard to sew a shirt and earns her ever so rewarding 5 cents and then America goes and sells it for $17.99! I just find it outrageous. It makes me not want to buy things because you don't know where it has come from, the "background" of the object you would like to purchase. I think it's unbelievable and yea are countries rich, but that's just messed up. Somone should do something.