Working and Poor

It is difficult to imagine how some people support their families and still have multiple jobs to live below the poverty line. In today's society, the phrase "rich become richer and poor become poorer" was less obvious. As more and more people live below the poverty line, people have to question the government's policy to improve their living standards. Government policies have a big impact on people's daily lives. Because not everyone is at the same financial level, it is difficult to develop a common basic policy to satisfy the public.

Returning to public poverty alleviation, we will delve deeper into the characteristics of poor people of working age. The poor in working age is a diverse group (Figure 4). More than 40% of poor people of working age are working in 2016 or actively seeking work. The largest working-age group living in poverty is an employee with less than 28% of full-time and full-time employees. These workers can work full time for part of that year, during that year, or both. One-tenth of adults with working-age living among the poor are working full-time. 4% of adults with working age living in poverty are unemployed and are looking for work

Due to lack of working hours and low wages, poor workers are working people with incomes below a certain poverty line. Many of these are difficult because many people find and maintain their jobs, save money, and maintain self-esteem because wages are low and poor workers face many obstacles is. While the US public labor poverty rate is relatively stable over the past 40 years, many social scientists believe that the public tax rate is too low, and the proportion of workers facing serious economic difficulties is It has increased over the years. Economic changes, particularly from the manufacturing economy to the service economy, brought about polarization in the labor market. This means that there are more jobs above and below the revenue range, but less work in the middle