Quotes: " She earned $6 an hour in a Vermont factory that made plastic cigaratte lighters and cases for Gillette razors. In 2000, she earned $6.80 an hor stocking shelves and working cash registers at a vast Wal-Mart superstore in New Hampshire" (Shipler 50).
"Or less -- the equivalent of $3.70 -- taking into account the rise in the cost of living" (51).
"she ended up with only $400 a month in child support and no share in their house"(56).
"For seven days a week she worked two part-time jobs --- one in a store for $5.25 an hour, the other for "four something" an hour answering phones"(61).
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