Oh chapter five!! I really enjoyed the second section of chapter five, not because it was giving us happy information but it is shining a light on interesting information. One first thing that Massey talked about really caught my attention. He wrote that in all history of the United States our minimum wage is the lowest it has been when related to living cost. Last night I was able to watch just a small portion of the State of the Union Address. President Obama stated that he wanted to have the federal minimum wage raised to $9 an hour by the end of 2015. That is a long time away but I am in full support of this change, and this section shows good reason of why it should be raised!
The reason I titled my post the way that I did is because of how Massey used it in his writing. I have posted the comment that it all matters about who you know, but it is also important to have money. It really ticks me off when I hear about people getting what they want because they paid a price (cash) to get it. I know that it happens all the time but I don't think as many people realize how much it effects our everyday lives.
Side note: Some of the graphs are a little tricky. Can we discuss them in class more? And can we talk about polarization?!
I had chapter six in my post before. But I meant chap five. I fixed it.
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