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Are Poor People to Blame for their Poverty?
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<blockquote data-quote="PreviouslySeeking..." data-source="post: 71614469" data-attributes="member: 398120"><p>On a side note. Will some of you people quit equating poverty with not working, not being willing to work?</p><p></p><p>Please take a look at what your average unskilled job pays in your area and then look at what the cost of living is. </p><p></p><p>I live & work just outside of Seattle. There are many homeless here who are employed. </p><p></p><p>Many employers cut their costs by hiring people for shift work based on an "as needed" range.</p><p>These people are then scheduled for less than the minimum # of hours to provide full time benefits. This forces people into getting a 2nd part time job if they can manage it.</p><p></p><p>That might sound like good money, but it also means no medical coverage and no PTO. Shoot, 1 good flu or injury and they could lose 1 or both jobs. How is that so you wonder? Well, every job I have ever had required a Drs note to return after 3 days out sick. Not an issue when you have insurance, but without insurance, hmm. You have to find a free or sliding scale clinic that is open and can see you- better chance there is one in an urban area- but they will also be swamped. Not urban- those clinics will have much more limited days and hours of operation. If you go to the county ER - you are going to end up with a huge bill. So what do you do? You usually drag yourself back as soon as you can without the Dr visit and plead for understanding. Oh, and try to figure out how you can make up for the days of work you missed, unpaid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PreviouslySeeking..., post: 71614469, member: 398120"] On a side note. Will some of you people quit equating poverty with not working, not being willing to work? Please take a look at what your average unskilled job pays in your area and then look at what the cost of living is. I live & work just outside of Seattle. There are many homeless here who are employed. Many employers cut their costs by hiring people for shift work based on an "as needed" range. These people are then scheduled for less than the minimum # of hours to provide full time benefits. This forces people into getting a 2nd part time job if they can manage it. That might sound like good money, but it also means no medical coverage and no PTO. Shoot, 1 good flu or injury and they could lose 1 or both jobs. How is that so you wonder? Well, every job I have ever had required a Drs note to return after 3 days out sick. Not an issue when you have insurance, but without insurance, hmm. You have to find a free or sliding scale clinic that is open and can see you- better chance there is one in an urban area- but they will also be swamped. Not urban- those clinics will have much more limited days and hours of operation. If you go to the county ER - you are going to end up with a huge bill. So what do you do? You usually drag yourself back as soon as you can without the Dr visit and plead for understanding. Oh, and try to figure out how you can make up for the days of work you missed, unpaid. [/QUOTE]
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