Fran works six days a week in fast food, and yet she's homeless: 'It's economic slavery'

[procon]

43. You based your argument on the poor "choices" women make.

You wrote that women are poor and have low wages because "they choose to have children", it's their "destiny" to be poor you said.

But look here, Missouri, the state where the woman named in the article lives, has a minimum wage of just $7.70 per hour, no one can live on that. To make sure that our gal, Fran, will NEVER get out of poverty, the Missouri legislature has barred cities from ever raising their own minimum wages.

Don't be so smug. Of course it costs money to raise children, but it also costs money just to afford a basic existence in most cities. When a working wage doesn't meet that basic need then the demands on public assistance step up to fill in the gap. This isn't rocket science; just pay a living wage and we reduce poverty, create more jobs and reduce the need for public aid.