America is cheap

After reading the "Nickel-and-Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America" by Barbara Ehrenreich, I was able to relate it to myself in a way. I started working at minimum wage and it took me 3 years to actually start making more to live off of. No matter how hard i would work i still couldn't get any more than a few cent raise which wasn't helping me. It was interesting to see how Ehrenreich actually went out into the work force and tried to see if she could live off of minimum wage and live in an up scale place, but she realized she wouldn't be able to afford and upscale place and had to look at places like trailors and such. In Tom Hayden and Charles Kernaghans "Pennies an Hour and No way up" it was interesting to see how lucky some of us are with the way we are paid for the work we do. Someone who spent so much time making a sweater or a type of clothing getting paid only 5cents, to find out that a retail store sells it for 17.99. Its sad to think america has become this. People should get paid right for the amount of time and effort they put in to their work. I really enjoyed reading both pieces as informative to how the american soceity is being ripped off from their work no matter how hard they might work and how much of their time they might put into their work.