Federal and State government spending and regulatory legislation drive taxation and regulatory measures which increase the cost of goods and decrease the resources of consumers, driving consumers to seek higher wages through organized labor efforts or vertical career moves and increasing the number of consumers who cannot access income sources that keep them above the "poverty line". Punitive measures built into public assistance programs ensure that consumers taking advantage of these programs cannot access low-paying jobs without placing their benefits at risk, so those jobs must be filled by someone else, illegal aliens being first in line.
The entire problem is driven by taxation levvied to fund out-of-control spending by politicians creating programs that reward special interests for their campaign support, and regulatory legislation passed by legislators for the same reason.
If government lowers taxes and loosens regulatory requirements, the cost of goods drops, more consumers have more to spend, the income from more jobs will keep more consumers above the "poverty line" and more Americans will be able to fill more low-income jobs and still make ends meet.
Short story: Lay it all at the feet of the New Deal and the tax-and-spenders. The DNC is NOT a friend of America.
Unfortunetly, the issue debt (pay it later) and spenders aren't much better. Either way, spending outside the means (whether by taxing now or taxing plus interest later) is a bad idea.
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