Publishing Guidelines: You may freely reprint this article in a print or online magazine, e-zine, or newsletter provided you leave
byline intact, don’t change content (except for grammar/punctuation), and make The Dabbling Mum web address clickable. Feel free to insert your affiliate ID where applicable (i.e. product reviews/amazon).You can even start a column in your publication using my free articles and reviews. Please consider sending a courtesy copy for my records. Send an email to dabblingmum@yahoo.com
Nickel and Dimed By Barbara Ehrenreich ISBN 0-8050-6389-7 Henry Holt and Company, LLC 115 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011
I believe one of books our political leaders should be required to read, when getting in public office, or while in office, is Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich.
One of main reasons I feel our political leaders should read this book, is so that they can get a true account of what goes on in our society, aside from impersonal "statistics" that make many Americans seem more like a number and less like a human being.
It is easy to keep a distance and not fully understand pains, turmoils, and conditions of lower working class when one is sitting in an air conditioned office, driving luxury cars, and spending their days reading documents and implementing laws based on those documents.
Nickel and Dimed is true account of what many Americans face on a daily basis… hard working, under-educated, under-paid, under-insured, low income families working anywhere from one to three jobs, just to keep a roof over their families' heads and food on table.
Nickel and Dimed takes a realistic look at what goes on when a person doesn't have skills to maintain a decent living wage. It showcases truth behind reality that while our country is one of best places to live and raise a family, our minimum wage standard does not meet standard living expenses.
