30 days minimum wage is hard work

This week in class we watched another episode of 30 days. The episode was about living on minimum wage. This showed how difficult the life of the working poor can be. The most shcoking and apalling thing about this whole thing was how the medical system worked against them. At the end of the 30 days they ebded up owing the hospital $1,200.  The working poor has to do what ever they can to stay alive in the world. Being able to actually use money to buy something for relaxation or necessities, such as furniture, are imposible to buy. They had to go to a good will store to get dishes. The place they were living in had a crack house being run in it at one point.

We also played monopley, but not normal monopoly. We all started off with different amounts of money to represent different socail classes. The game proved that its nearly imposible to actualy move up in the social ladder. While the rich get richer, the poor gets poorer. This is a true statement. I was able to keep myself at upper middle class and could afford all the fees I had to pay and still make money. Our minimum wage system is obviously messed up. Hopefully the goverment realizes this so people can make a good living.