Nickel and Dimed

What does nickel and dimes mean, well according Barbara Ehrenreich she did a little experiment on jobs that are available for the poor and welfare members. According to her there is very little out there (job wise) that can get these people to decent lifestyle.Most jobs for unskilled workers can only make 6-7 dollars an hour which is barely enough to afford the essential and to pay rent on their homes. Well i completely feel the same about this, that there is very little a person can do to pull themselves out of poverty, and it should be changed. We should enforce laws that can give these people a chance to have a decent life, like making jobs pay a little more. Also with this idea the increase in wages usually coincides with price inflation with everything from gas to groceries, well this should not be allowed because that will not doing anything to help these people. In reality it will just keep them in the poverty level.