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I live in Michigan, we call our state "the one state recession". We have lots of plants going out of business so it leaves those seeking work low paying service jobs and a family can not live on that pay, even if there are two people in the household working.

Poverty from these low paying minimum wage jobs we now have is increasing and the people who have these jobs live from pay check to pay check, mostly without health insurance, hoping nothing goes wrong with their health, their children's or a car if they have one, for bills outside the normal are not usually able to be paid.

Every time businesses hear that the minimum wage will be raised they yell and holler about it, but their profits keep increasing, why does their management, the real upper management not take a pay cut so those under them can have an increase in pay, don't we all have a right to live the "American dream"? You can not on minimum wage.

Minimum wage keeps adult children living at home longer for they can not afford an apartment of their own, or if they move out finding reliable roommates can be a huge problem.
Minimum wage jobs keep people on the cycle of poverty and reliant on the government for assistance if they have two or more children for a minimum wage job can not support those dependents.

I'd like to see those in government and who oppose a raise in the minimum wage to live on it for a while and see what it is like not to have money for what most people take for granted.

How a diet of prepackaged food is the norm because food is expensive and you have to cut costs every where just to live or the poor eating cat food to get some substance in them. It is something more prevelent than we want to realize.

The base between rich and poor is getting wider and mostly because there are not enough good jobs to be found, even for those with a college degree, especially in the state of Michigan. No one expects to go to college and then have to flip burgers for minimum wage, it is insulting for sure to them, but it is a job, and one has to have hope for something better, but until then, bills have to be paid, loans paid off and where is the money to come from?

Credit cards, they seem to prey on the low income with their higher interest rates, but to someone who needs things a credit card can help, but if you miss a day or two of work, get a job loss, then your credit card goes unpaid and you are in a financial mess.

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