What Living On $7 An Hour Actually Means For Working People

February 5, 2013 | Filed under: Economics,Headliner,News,Social Justice,Videos | Posted by:

nickel-dimed

There has not been a national minimum wage increase for almost four years, and before that, 10 years.

In this clip from the movie “The American Ruling Class,” award-winning journalist Barbara Ehrenreich gets to the root of what it means to be nickel-and-dimed by the 1%.

Bonus: A great musical interlude at the end!

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Comments

  1. Stu says:
    February 24, 2013 at 11:53 am

    I never would have believed it if not for this last year of my life at minimum wage. $25 a week to do whatever you want… and that’s barring some minor catastrophe that costs you $200 and takes two months to get back to nothing, which happens at least twice a year. Truth!