The people in this news article are all poor not because of their wages but because of bad life choices. For example

He’d taken out a loan of $16,000 to cover the remainder of his expenses, and couldn’t earn enough to make the requisite payments on it

or

When he moved to Vermont for school

(I, too, came from a “poor” family. I didn’t go away to college. I took the bus and commuted to it.)

How about this one:

…let’s call her Jessie, is 26 and pregnant. She makes $9 an hour, $1.50 less than she made when she worked for the chain between 2008 and 2011.

Now how did she just end up pregnant? Magic?

At first, she was doing well, at $11 an hour and enough hours in the height of the summer tourist season to support herself and her 6-year-old son. But her higher earnings bumped her all but off of Vermont’s state assistance programs–she now barely receives any food stamps or heating assistance.

So they want to earn more money, and still keep their safety-net benefits! (And note, another Single Mom! The left thinks Single Moms are America’s True Heroes.)

Disgusting all around.