Poverty in America

Discussing poverty in sociology last week has immensely broadened my view of the working class in America. The most interesting thing I learned was that living on minimum wage is no longer sufficient to survive enough to live on. As prices are slowly inflating, the minimum wage fails to cater the financial needs of of the working poor. For no matter how hard the poor must work, the minimum wage is not enough to provide for everyday basic needs. Because of this, it is almost irrevocable for the working poor to overcome poverty or rise above their social class. I believe it's important for the government to give more attention to the issues the working class poor posses and to ultimately raise minimum wage.