Surveying on minimum wage job. While meeting today's needs. American's living in poverty due to government regulations, low income jobs and lack of affordable housing. When she was working as a waitress in Florida. Enrenreich realizes from her co-workers of the poor living conditions that low income people live in. She later concluded: After a week she had compiled the following information. Gail is sharing a room in a well- known flophouse for $250 a week. …showed first 75 words of 937 total…

…showed last 75 words of 937 total…people, including laws that specifically target them or activities they must engage in because they are homeless. That's why we should all ask ourselves, why hasn't the sate politicians stepped up and helped the low income people. Works Citied: Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting By in America. New York: Henry Holt 2001. National Law Center on Homeless & Poverty. 2002. December 2004 <www.NLCHP.org>. <Tab/>