“When someone works for less pay than she can live on — when, for
example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and
conveniently — then she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has made
you a gift of some part of her abilities, her health, and her life. The
'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major
philanthropists of our society. They neglect their own children so that
the children of others will be cared for; they live in substandard
housing so that other homes will be shiny and perfect; they endure
privation so that inflation will be low and stock prices high. To be a
member of the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless
benefactor, to everyone else.”
Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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