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[pearwaldorf]

Back in the mid-70's, she earned $6 an hour in a Vermont factory that made plastic cigarette lighters and cases for Gillette razors. A quarter century later, [Carolyn Payne] earned $6.80 an hour stocking shelves and working cash registers at a vast Wal-Mart superstore.

You should read this. It's good. But it's also fucking heartbreaking, because there are so many people like her in America.

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[mydarkstar.livejournal.com]

That is fucking heartbreaking. I am suddenly so thankful that I'm still young and cute and have all my teeth...otherwise, that would probably be me, too.