If the minimum wage had been allowed to be raised and

[JohnnyBoots]

people were closer to an actual living wage could any of this have been avoided?

[xultar]

1. Pay people enough so they can eat, live in a dwelling and own a car

Now why would we wanna do that shit?

[JohnnyBoots]

2. So fustrating....people don't understand. I work with a lot of

ex cons and getting them to learn the hidden rules of class is so tough. And that is just to get a shitty job at 6 bucks an hour. Talk about a stacked deck. Corporate fascism is alive and well. The minimum wage really needs to be raised just so people can live, let alone buy gas to go to work! It angers and disgusts me at the same time. Xultar read a couple of your posts and I feel your fustration.

[ret5hd]

3. the hidden rules of class...

i m going to use this phrase in discussions concerning race/class in the future...i haven't devised a good phrase to describe this concept before.

[JohnnyBoots]

4. Read Ruby Payne's "A Frame Work for Understanding Poverty," that

book will knock your socks off. If you know any teachers in poor areas, please mention it to them ( that is where I got it from)

[ret5hd]

5. i am making a note of it right now. thank you (nt)