Minimum Wage

When was the last time a "value" meal from McDonalds, let alone any other fast food chain, did not cost five dollars or more? When was the last time premium gas was under a dollar a gallon? It's hard to remember, isn't it? Wouldn't it be great if everything cost a nickel, like back in the good old days? In Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich, explores the minimum wage and the trials one goes through trying to live off the minimum wage. She goes on to explain that many of her coworkers live in motels, which she eventually has to do, in order to live. …