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>This months "Harper's" magazine has an interesting essay about living on
>minimum wage in America - relevant to both the US and Canada.  You may
>not agree with the methodology, but the portrayal of the personal and
>societal disintegration that comes from relying on a huge underclass of
>working poor to prop up our reigning economic system is, in my opinion,
>relevant and timely.  Having once and long lived a life not too
>dissimilar to the tale told in this essay (working two full-time menial
>jobs in the "hospitality" industry to pay the rent, etc.) I was
>surprised to find that I needed this reminder...

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