Reply #12: Actually I was replying to another post that did put the onus on the RW

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That serves nothing.

So, I agree with you on that.

And, please read "Nickel And Dimed".

Especially the last part:

"Disapproval and condescension no longer apply, so what outlook makes sense?
"Guilt, you maybe thinking warily. Isn't that what we're supposed to feel? But guilt doesn't go anywhere near far enough; the appropriate emotion is shame--same at our own dependency, in this case, on the underpaid labor of others. 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 philanthropist 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."