Barbara Ehrenreich studied the working poor, people with service jobs that paid mostly minimum wage or slightly more. Based on your study of poverty, what do you think she recommended that such workers do to move out of poverty?
A) that they save at least 10 percent of their paychecks every month
B) that they avoid having children
C) that they go back to school
D) nothing, because there are few ways for them to move out of poverty
E) that they develop a personal relationship with someone in a higher socioeconomic class

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Ehrenreich's work, particularly in "Nickel and Dimed," suggests that systemic barriers make it extremely difficult for the working poor to escape poverty, indicating that individual actions like saving money or furthering education might not be sufficient to overcome these challenges.

Barbara Ehrenreich Studied the Working Poor, People with Service Jobs