Like, what kind of car can she buy for the extra money? Assume 40 hours a week, at 70 cents an hour, take out social security and other taxes, that's about 20 bucks a week, 52 weeks would be $1000 total.
Then the question is, will the cost of owning the car, fixing the car, putting tags on the car, insuring the car, local property taxes and parking taxes for the car, and gasoline, be more than what she will make in her 2nd minimum wage job.
Typical problem poor people have is they buy an "expensive" car but to afford it they buy used -- and the car they get breaks down constantly, while they still have to pay their monthly payments.
She'd be better off finding a place that will let her work more hours.
I bet her current employer would do so, except that they'd have to pay her overtime, another federal law. So instead of her adding 20 hours a week at a place she is already working at, knows, and can walk to, she has to go find a 2nd employer and a car to put in those 20 hours, because her current employer would have to pay overtime while the 2nd one won't.
Another example of the bad consequences of federal laws.
Most employers will not grant automatic overtime. You must request if ahead of time, otherwise, you are SOL.
Like, what kind of car can she buy for the extra money? Assume 40 hours a week, at 70 cents an hour, take out social security and other taxes, that’s about 20 bucks a week, 52 weeks would be $1000 total.
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You can get a pretty good used car for $2500.
I have hunch that getting rid of overtime would be an impossible sell to the American people. I know that I’d vote it down for the most selfish of reasons.
...or she could use take a few community college classes and get a job that pays her $4.00+ more per hour.
Folks stay poor for several reasons, including having children out of wedlock, lack of education, and the fact that the government is handing out free money and benefits, a factor that essentially makes it attractive to be "poor."