The American Way

I found Nickels and Dimes very interesting. The author Barbara Ehrenreich acts as an anthropologist towards how poverty feels and the struggles of the everyday lives of the individuals. Ehrenreich shows how devastating it would be to live in poverty and how difficult it is to find a good paying job that can support everyday needs. Many of these people living in poverty chose to live how they live. Eventually they realize where they went wrong and want to change their lifestyle. Most of the time it is to late and they are financially out of contact with further ways to make their life better. Kids growing up in poverty today need to realize anything they want to do is possible. Hard work just has to be put forth. That’s why there are so many people living in poverty today because they've failed to put hard work in to encounter success. On the other hand I found Pennies an hour and no way up also intriguing. It is reverse in other countries the way poverty works. The people out of country work extremely hard for nothing except a couple cents an hour. The US should be ashamed of how greatly they profit off of the workers in sweatshops. In the US people living in poverty sit back and rely on welfare. These citizens to other countries work hard everyday of their life and can't rely on anything. That is where our government is going wrong.