Skit

In America, There's a considering number of people who can't get enough money to have the standard of living even though they work hard.

A(Hispanic young woman):I am a reguler employee in a bank. Even though my parents are mexican and I came from the area where many poor immigrants live, I graduated from univercity with good marks and got a good job, working dilligently , so I can get enough money to live comfortbaly. These peple who complain that they are not getting anough money are either single parents or actually not working enogh.

B(White woman, who's going to reach 30 soon.):I'm working in a company as a full flegded employee. I work every day untill late , I think I'm a dilligent worker , and have the right to have a decent life.HOwever, my income is not enough to cover all the expenses. After I pay the rent and pay for medical insuarance and everything , I have almost nothing in the bank. I struggle every month. I can't save mony for future, which worries me a lot.

C(guy):I have a Full-time job and work very hard, but still not getting enogh money to feed my familiy. I have a wife and kids. We have to spend money on food and petrol everyday, and need money for the school for our kids, plus I have to pay off a home loan. I know that we have to get health insuarance, but There's no money left for it. I'm worried that if we got seriously ill or something, but there's nothing I can do because I work as hard as I can, and my wife is too busy to have a job because we have a litte baby.

D(young guy):I started living away from my parents recently , to be independent. I have a part time job , an work almost everyday . I still get money from my parents, which is embarrasing but ther's no way that I can live without it because I'm just a part timer.I want to work as a reguler worker, but I don't have any skill so there's no place where they'd hire me. I can get a job that I don't wanna do, but that's not the life that I wanna lead.

E(Employer of a company): Some of the workers in the company are complaining that they are not getting the money that they deserve. But there's nothing I can do about it, because that's the system of this country. If they wanna earn as much as I do, then start their own businness and do what I do. I made this company from the scratch , and made it succesful. I took risks, and got the reward.


F(The minister of labour):In America, There's a considering number of people who can't get enough money to have the standard of living even though they work hard.

A(Hispanic young woman):I am a reguler employee in a bank. Even though my parents are mexican and I came from the area where many poor immigrants live, I graduated from univercity with good marks and got a good job, working dilligently , so I can get enough money to live comfortbaly. These peple who complain that they are not getting anough money are either single parents or actually not working enogh.

B(White woman, who's going to reach 30 soon.):I'm working in a company as a full flegded employee. I work every day untill late , I think I'm a dilligent worker , and have the right to have a decent life.HOwever, my income is not enough to cover all the expenses. After I pay the rent and pay for medical insuarance and everything , I have almost nothing in the bank. I struggle every month. I can't save mony for future, which worries me a lot.

C(guy):I have a Full-time job and work very hard, but still not getting enogh money to feed my familiy. I have a wife and kids. We have to spend money on food and petrol everyday, and need money for the school for our kids, plus I have to pay off a home loan. I know that we have to get health insuarance, but There's no money left for it. I'm worried that if we got seriously ill or something, but there's nothing I can do because I work as hard as I can, and my wife is too busy to have a job because we have a litte baby.

D(young guy):I started living away from my parents recently , to be independent. I have a part time job , an work almost everyday . I still get money from my parents, which is embarrasing but ther's no way that I can live without it because I'm just a part timer.I want to work as a reguler worker, but I don't have any skill so there's no place where they'd hire me. I can get a job that I don't wanna do, but that's not the life that I wanna lead.

E(Employer of a company): Some of the workers in the company are complaining that they are not getting the money that they deserve. But there's nothing I can do about it, because that's the system of this country. If they wanna earn as much as I do, then start their own businness and do what I do. I made this company from the scratch , and made it succesful. I took risks, and got the reward.


F(The minister of labour)


G(guy working for a temporarly personel service):

H(woman from a labour union):

In the U.K. Working class

Thre's an interesting article about "working class" in the U.K.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6295743.stm

Medical bills

Credit Card Defaults in the U.S.

Credit card defaults rates are on the rise in the U.S.

Trust data from American Express showed default rates of 6.14 percent in September at the card lender, the highest rate since November 2005 when bankruptcy laws changed, Valentin said. Default rates were just 3.06 percent a year earlier. Trust data measures credit performance of loans bundled into asset-backed securities.

you can find out more about this in
http://www.syracuse.com/business/index.ssf?/base/business-13/1224320351188450.xml&coll=1


Experts say medical bills have played a major role in the debt that has forced many elderly Americans into bankruptcy proceedings.
In fact,haｌf of the　people who went into bunkruptcy because of medical bills. this actually made me think:Do people have to keep living relying on medication ehrn they are actually pretty old and maybe lived enough??

What surprised me even more is that, now, a lot of people are going to the chirches to get advise on how to use money.

http://www.christianccc.org

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What do you think about this???

All of the poeple in Japan and also in America have the right to live a comfortable life.
But why are people struggling?
I couldn't find the clip of this TV program, which was aired on TV last year.

http://www.nhk.or.jp/special/onair/060723.html

Why are people poor even when they have jobs?
Are they lazy? Are they single pearents? Are they minolities?
Here's the research onthose questions by http://www.workingpoorfamilies.org/




Riyo

clip from youtube

Soaring food prices made people in the town get in line for free food in America.


Here's the clip from youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utgb_K6jRbI





I think it'll happen in Japan in the near future because a lot of companies

don't hire young people as full time workers.

Riyo

"Zenrouren"

The National Confederation of Trade Unions(Zenroren) is the national cantre of trade unions in Japan.



They held its 23rd biennial Convention from July 23-25 in Tokyo.



You can find out more about Zenrouren in this website. They also have the English page which you can read about their recent activities and opnion etc. in English.

http://www.zenroren.gr.jp/jp/index.html