Reply #1: I hear that same argument all the time

[Robyn66]

I work in municipal gvt.

I havent had a raise in 3 going on 4 years.

I make 15.00/hour and only allowed to work 32 hours a week. I have a college degree, have worked here for going on 7 years and I am getting all the training I can including GIS just to try and get some job security, because all the time people in our town are screaming about the town employees and their cushy high paying jobs. Every year I am at a risk of being eliminated and my family is at risk. But I am grateful to have a job right now. Back in the 90's I worked for Sylvania and brought home 600.00/week now I bring home 400.00. My husband makes crap money too and is salaray so he works about 50 hours a week. But he is lucky he has a job too. We count penny's to pay everything. We are SUPPOSED to be the middle class, but we are the working poor. We have a daughter who is heading to college in two years and who knows where that money is coming from. We live paycheck to paycheck. No savings, credit card debt and beleive me we are not living in luxury. But we have jobs.