It isn't class envy to think literacy and productivity would be better if 25% of households weren't making less than 25k. That's household income, not individual. 25k. Woof. 24.9% of the nation. Another 3rd of households are in the 50k-100k bracket which is still crazy to me for a whole household. I was raised in between the two.

It affects our crime rate, our living situations, our divisions, our education, our upbringing and our whole outlook on the american dream growing up in poverty, and it's a shame so many people have to grow up in poverty, and a shame Norway is more prosperous despite a far lower GDP.

I get paid 40 an hour and when I'm not worried about my next meal, I do the work of three $13/hr people. And that's why I get paid that. You get what you pay for.