The Working Poor: Invisible in America

The book, The Working Poor: Invisible in America, causes the reader to think about poverty in the United States in a way that they have not before. The author, David K. Shipler, introduces the concept of how the people who serve you food at a fast food place might not have enough money to feed their own family or the person that washes your car doesn't even own one. This is not something that we notice or think about on a daily basis because it is not something that we want to admit is true.

I came across a quote that made me see the bigger picture of poverty around the world. Michael Harrington said "The American poor are not poor in Hong Kong or in the sixteenth century; they are poor here and now, in the United States". Compared to other countries, the poor people in america would not be poor if they lived in a less fortunate area with the same pay. I think this is a positive way of looking at the poverty in America.