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To: Bill who wrote (91983)	12/23/2004 4:46:14 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

No, I didn't miss the point. Not everyone can find full-time work (I won't elaborate on this because I already wrote a post on it when I first answered you). And there is absolutely no excuse that even 11% of Americans with full-time jobs live in poverty. This is a very big country with a lot of people; 11% is still a significant number. And you didn't deal with the issue of people with full-time jobs being homeless or having to get food at food banks because the minimum wage cannot support someone. It's very convenient to ascribe all of the problems of the poor to laziness, but your statement reflects more about lack of compassion, particularly among the right-wingers in this country, than it does anything else. A minimum wage should be enough to provide basic support, as it does in the more civilized countries of western Europe. The fact is that American companies want to maximize their profits by paying people less than it takes to live even minimally, and not offer any benefits either. Then everyone pays for the social services--especially health care--that this population ends up using. It is really corporate greed that we should be talking about.