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Read her and match her observations w/your own. I respect Ehrenrich even when she's over the top. I do. Quick shipping service. After reading library copy, I bought this for my own library, something I seldom do these days.
Not one of her better works. Witty as always, Ehrenreich rambles on about everything that irks her, and at the end of this random rant has not made a single valid point.
Now maybe this will get someone's attention. I have been writing everywhere to find out how to return this item, as it does not play.
If you haven't read her book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America yet, I'd recommend that as a better choice. However, as a collection, there is a lot of repetition and overlap, which is not surprising.Good read, but not great. I'm a fan of Barbara Ehrenreich, but this collection of her essays is relatively repetitive. Her focus is on the ever growing gap between the have and the have-nots, and individually, each essay stands pretty well on its own.
It didn't take her book Nickel & Dimed to prove to me that people are suffering. Imagine living in New York City and having to support three kids on $10 an hour and having a 1 hour commute in either direction. I know that people are getting up at 5 a.m. I know this because I once had to commute forever to a job that barely paid.
When you don't have children, it's easier to survive. This ought to scare some people into putting off having children. In some towns, people have no choice but to work for WalMart, while the local construction jobs go to illegal immigrants. You'll have more time to get an education, have a career, gain skills, and build your life. Meanwhile, people are still having kids when they know they can't support them.BIRTH CONTROL is the cure for all of our country's ills. I know that minimum wage jobs are grueling and I know you can't pay the bills on them.
But unfortunately, it doesn't.One of the reasons behind the power of WalMart and other bad employers is that there is too much cheap labor in the USA. As long as teenage pregnancy looks cool, and as long as women are having babies by lousy men, things are not going to improve. for long commutes to low-paying jobs (if they pay at all). The difference is that I have no children to support.I see hoards of single mothers who have grueling minimum-wage jobs and have no time for their children.
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