Max Sawicky wrote: > Robert Rector at Heritage Foundation turns the argument > upside down: if the food budget is only 20 percent of > consumption costs now, then the poverty level should be > reduced. I would like to see an estimate of the cost of keeping a job, and how much it has increased over the years relative to the cost of food. To keep a job today requires, in many cases, ownership of a car, suitable clothing .... I suspect that such costs have been escalating quite a bit. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901
