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The Price of the American Dream | ENDEVR Documentary
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Since the economic crisis of 2009, over nine million jobs have been created in America. Officially, the recession is over. But American workers have come out of the crisis more vulnerable and even poorer than ever. 46.7 million Americans live in poverty with around 15% of the US population living below the poverty line. But they aren’t unemployed - most of them have at least two jobs. They’re ‘the working poor’. Meet the people behind America’s economic recovery.
Germania has two minimum wage jobs, working 18 hours a day. Three quarters of a her salary go on paying for the 15m square motel room she shares with her two children and her mother-in-law. But even with two jobs, she struggles to buy food for her family. In the past four months, they have stayed in five motels, moving every few weeks to ever cheaper rooms as their money runs out.
Joe and Chelsie live with their two young daughters in a tent in a church carpark. Their bathroom is a porta-potty they share with 50 other people. Around 500 families in Seattle live in these temporary camps. Like Germania, Chelsie works full time but she can no longer afford to live in the city she works in.
Trade Union leader, Scott Slawson, has worked for General Electric for 13 years. But a few days ago, he was told his job will be re-located to a state with no wages and 50% lower salaries. He doesn’t know if he will be able to find another job.
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@ENDEVRDocs 3 месяца назад

46.7 million Americans live in poverty with around 15% of the US population living below the poverty line. But they aren’t unemployed - most of them have at least two jobs. They’re ‘the working poor’. Meet the people behind America’s economic recovery.

@UHaulShorts 3 месяца назад

which *TRUMPONOMICS* helped bring outta povertay

@DarlnDar 3 месяца назад

This is a ***repost!???*** I seen this approximately 2 or 3 years ago!!!

@UHaulShorts 3 месяца назад

@@DarlnDar *RERUN* bidenomics = obamanomics

@virgilhilts3924 3 месяца назад

@@DarlnDar It's even older than that

@nunyadambusiness3530 3 месяца назад

but it still rings true. for some it's their first time seeing it. there is still a significant portion on the upper half, that have no clue what it's like for working class people on a daily basis, aka, their employees.@@virgilhilts3924

@i.a.3960 3 месяца назад

Once upon a time, I was young and poor. But after many years of hard work, now I am old and poor.

@letsdanceonhere 3 месяца назад

Once I really was young and poor and decided to make a change.Worked hard and failed a few times before I figured out how to make money and save it too. If I can do it, so can anyone. Good luck.

@eitkoml 3 месяца назад

And made rich people richer.

@mistertexaz 3 месяца назад

The only way out is to own your own business. People hardly ever get rich as an employee, especially with entry level jobs

@dialecticalmonist3405 3 месяца назад

Sounds like many years of voting Democrat. This is what happens when you destroy energy and vote for adult babies to do real work and make real decisions.

@user-yv9mb3je2c 3 месяца назад

I agree.. I've been working since I was 15 yrs old and now I'm 50 and still struggling.. makes no sense.

@Check.Your.Sources 3 месяца назад

I love the stereotype that the poor are lazy 🤦‍♂️ there’s nothing lazy about working 60-70 hours a week to live in a motel… our economy is broken.

@user-weebooo 3 месяца назад

The only lazy ones are the Upper management and CEO's.

@MangoColoredSky 3 месяца назад

@@BossItUp911having kids out of wedlock 🥴. Complete 🤡

@b-rare 3 месяца назад

Yes but there is smart and dumb too right. Why have kids when you can barely support yourself.

@BossItUp911 3 месяца назад

@@merfgamgee9485 yeh...you're so smart. so impressive. ; )

@TankTheThink 3 месяца назад

@@BossItUp911 Strongly agree with your point and still young in this world. Some people know how to use that mirror to reflect and adapt whilst some deflect and slack.

@kortyEdna825 14 дней назад

America is currently plagued by the hydra-headed evil duo of inflation and recession. The worst part about this recession is that consumers are racking up credit card debt. In April alone, credit card debt went up 20% while rates have doubled in a year. Inflation is so high that consumers are literally taking debt for basic life necessities. Collapse has indeed begun..

@PatrickFitzgerald-cx6io 14 дней назад

Collapse is generous 1st time in our history with a full generation that wasn't taught financial literacy, civics, Google fixes their problems if their parents don't do it for them. Reckoning for participation trophies is incoming.

@foden700 14 дней назад

Asking for advice or assistance from a consultant or investment coach is the best line of action if you lack market understanding. Even though it sounds cliche or apparent, talking to a consultant has helped me stay afloat in the market and increase my portfolio to roughly 65% since January 2023. That, in my opinion, is now the most successful strategy for entering the market.

@KaurKhangura 14 дней назад

Would you mind recommending a specialist with a variety of investment options? This is extremely rare, and I eagerly await your response.

@foden700 14 дней назад

Certainly, there are a handful of experts in the field. I've experimented with a few over the past years, but I've stuck with ‘’Colleen Rose Mccaffery” for about five years now, and her performance has been consistently impressive.She’s quite known in her field, look-her up.

@KaurKhangura 14 дней назад

Thanks a lot for this suggestion. I needed this myself, I looked her up, and I have sent her an email. I hope she gets back to me soon.

@briannastultz1468 2 месяца назад

The problem is that wages/salaries haven’t increased while cost of living has increased 30-50%.

@elliemay4032 Месяц назад

Biden’s America sending all our tax dollars to Ukraine! I voted for him in 2020 and Not doing it in 2024!

@therealcfiddy592 Месяц назад

That's right!

@stevepoulin8964 Месяц назад

And maybe because too many people become millionaire overnight on the internet. And they overprice everything like housing ,cars trucks. Traveling

@Jersey4321 Месяц назад

Yeah, because the excuse was that if we raise minimum wage, everything else will go up. What a 7.25 LIE!

@sweatt4237 Месяц назад

@@Jersey4321 We raised it to $15 now they need $50, why? Because the prices went up. Raising taxes and minimum wage only hurts the poor, rich people can protect themselves. Stop voting for leftist.

@Jasoncarter3574 3 месяца назад

“I can’t wait to get on the bus so I can close my eyes.” This line hit me really hard for some reason. So depressing.

@MoltenPlastic 3 месяца назад

I could also relate. Waiting for the train in the cold at 5 am so you can get some rest. Been there (got out, fortunately).

@freedomlife2024 3 месяца назад

That cost of American dreams best campaign in marketing history. Get out from slavery, if you stuck there, work hard for yourself Improve your skills .invest in books, seminars etc

@mikewebbjr.9914 3 месяца назад

In LA, a number of the working poor sleep overnight every night on those buses before clocking into work..... Then spend most of the day working only to go to sleep on a bus and repeat this cycle over and over again just to sleep in a place safer than a tent. Then you have to get off the bus when it reaches the last stop and walk to the bus stop and wait for the next bus. I've had to experience that before when I worked as a dishwasher at a restaurant on Hollywood Blvd....

@Hollylivengood 3 месяца назад

Oh my, I've slept on the bus. Actually, everyone knew each other, because we all took the same bus at the same time, so we knew each other's stops, and woke each other up at the right stop.

@bakerbrown6 3 месяца назад

I know a guy who used to take the bus to work here in New Jersey. He fell asleep once on the bus he was so tired and woke in NYC, last stop. About 90 minutes away from the job

@brownrusselredeemedbyblood 3 месяца назад

I respect anyone who gets up,and goes to work everyday,it doesn’t matter if you’re flipping burgers,or building houses

@juliansvidal 3 месяца назад

If you are replaceable, you will be replaced.

@preppingforendtimessurviva6326 3 месяца назад

@@juliansvidalWe can ALL be replaced.

@alexg.9279 3 месяца назад

@@juliansvidaleven your mum🤣

@juliansvidal 3 месяца назад

@@alexg.9279 haha fr tho 😭

@hillbillyintheasia6122 3 месяца назад

Kentucky make from 10 usd to 15 max 56% the jobs that are hiring . 8 usd min they pay a hour lazy republicans want slaves to stay rich .

@bardnightingale 2 месяца назад

I am so impressed that the mother-in-law was willing to help her like this.

@dennisgamarra1790 Месяц назад

This actually surprised me too

@dennisgenovese227 Месяц назад

Where is her son? He should be a real man and take care of his children.

@thatclaudiakid Месяц назад

That’s really telling of how bad her son must be. I respect her for filling the role her son did not.

@pp3k3jamail Месяц назад

@@dennisgenovese227 the son is obviously a low-life bum if his mom is the one helping his ex girlfriend.

@sofiabravo1994 Месяц назад

Thats true love, she sees her as a daughter regardless of her sons inability to care for them...we dont know there situation butit broke my heart when she had to leave...

@IglooReady 2 месяца назад

15$/hr isn’t even enough to comfortably and completely live by yourself anymore and she’s making 8$???

@mostdopecaptain3350 Месяц назад

Yup! Minimum wage is $7.25. People working endless hours to not even make ends meet.

@exmerion Месяц назад

Min wage in FL is $12 an hour

@Deelow909 Месяц назад

Depends on the state

@jjjrjjjr1 Месяц назад

This video is at least 10 years old. It's worse today,Imagine trying to get an apt on min wage today? The manufacturing jobs are gone,the ominous "they" want service jobs for us,basically servants. Stock market is definitely not reflective of the real world,the game is rigged.

@missdesireindependance5194 Месяц назад

Many states are still paying $7 an hour. The only way out is to switch career feilds.

@susan-7865 2 месяца назад

You can see why nobody has a children anymore- the cost of living

@loveonthesky 2 месяца назад

true

@sammierose1150 2 месяца назад

I don’t have any kids cause I don’t like them. 🤷‍♀️

@terrenceboone5206 2 месяца назад

@@sammierose1150Well Damn 😂😂😂😂

@Seb7an 2 месяца назад

@@sammierose1150 Because you're brainwashed and removed from nature.

@DennisCSmith 2 месяца назад

You just haven't been creampied yet😊@@sammierose1150

@getmulah619 2 месяца назад

"It's called the American dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin

@hmcky Месяц назад

Nailed it.

@coldcaseblogger220 Месяц назад

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@KiamKweli Месяц назад

🎯💥

@ShrimplyIrresistable Месяц назад

That was my favorite bit from him.

@albertesquivel7620 Месяц назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@hippiehairstylist Месяц назад

I truly adore her work ethic. Thank goodness for her mother in law. That is a good woman right there.

@rebeccalaptook3450 23 дня назад

Where is her husband? Why isn’t “mother-in-law” stepping in to force him to care for his children?

@suckersandmarks4986 15 дней назад

Indeed.

@LoveDoveDarling 5 дней назад

@@rebeccalaptook3450 There’s a saying, “it takes two to tango”

@ionasan Месяц назад

Born and raised in the US. My family went from average middle class to lower middle class in a span of only 15 years. Grew up with both parents together, but never got to see my dad because he was a truck driver and was gone for weeks at a time. Even with his ridiculous amount of hours he worked, my family still lived paycheck-to-paycheck, and sometimes didn't even make enough to cover the bills. He also had gone through being laid off a few times. My family was lucky enough to have inherited a house from my great-grandmother. Otherwise, who knows where we would have lived. My heart goes out to these poor people. It's truly a struggle to be the commonfolk in America.

@Abee-un6zy 14 дней назад

The picture that you pointed out is now headed toward white-collar workers who were in roles that used to be somewhat immune to job loss. Now accountants, managers, IT people are losing jobs, because their work in many cases now can be outsourced to low wage places, where workers will do the same work for half the salary. it is a race to the bottom economically, companies move to low wage places until wages start to rise in those places, then the move to the next low wage place, there is no loyalty to the workers that helped those companies build brandnames and grow wealthy..

@Praisethesunson 10 дней назад

You are closer to being homeless than you ever will to being a millionaire

@RC-fi4ix 2 дня назад

Cloward pavin strategy

@jewelthompson4210 2 месяца назад

Having kids makes poverty 100 times more difficult to overcome.

@MidnightPolaris800 2 месяца назад

Then don't have kids...crazy to figure that one out huh?

@buzzlightyear1010 2 месяца назад

@@MidnightPolaris800humans aren’t robots you sociopath, they have the human right to have they’re own kids and start a family and not just be robots who work until they’re 60 and left to die alone. you are such a weirdo

@tfptravel.food.peace.3788 2 месяца назад

I wouldn't say that. I would say just have the amount of kids you can afford. I have one son and I'm not having anymore.

@thekidblack111 2 месяца назад

Children are like the lottery maybe they help you live better a life maybe they drop you off at a home to die alone

@TemjaSverd 2 месяца назад

@@MidnightPolaris800 yeah but billionaires need poor people to have kids so they have more slaves.

@scarletttonkin9630 3 месяца назад

Germania has my upmost respect. She is a warrior. May all her dreams come true.

@hellize4212 3 месяца назад

Nop. Where is the dad? And who chose that man, and who made that 3 kids? She's an idiot.

@appelwilli4039 3 месяца назад

Amen 🙏🏾 may God bless her abundantly

@juliecano9691 3 месяца назад

Amen

@FallicIdol 3 месяца назад

I agree. I am cheering for her from afar.

@joseochoa7043 3 месяца назад

I’m confused. While her life is tough. If her situation is really this bad. She should be getting child support. If no baby daddy around. Then she should be collecting food stamps, application for sect 8, help with utilities etc. Even some states help with child care. On top of collecting her tax refund for kids.

@gilbertbrown4183 2 месяца назад

I got myself in trouble 5 years ago. I paid my debt to society and I'm not the kind of man who thinks the world owes me. I'm accountable for my actions. I have to work 2 sometimes 3 jobs just to make it. These jobs pick and choose who they want to give hours too. Life is cruel and harsh but I'm humbled I'm not incarcerated which was the darkest time in my life. I stay away from negative people and negative environments. It's difficult being a 47 year old black man living in the south but I make no excuses, life is a grind. Stay strong who's reading this . 💪

@antoniohernandez7171 Месяц назад

Pick up a trade.. it’s never too late. I know a guy that served over 20 years for a murder, became an electrician and now makes 80k+ a year. Trade jobs don’t care about a record.

@John-ls1mn Месяц назад

Right on brother keep going no matter what

@TiredofTomfoolery7 26 дней назад

Keep on pushing because even when you have the degrees and have done everything society tells you to do. You still have to deal with the bull 💩 like you said, no excuses. Just keep grinding

@John-ls1mn 26 дней назад

@TiredofTomfoolery7 he'll ya all that time wasted in high school college instead get a full time job and start working, especially when your not rich or have a rich family

@michellehernandez2840 25 дней назад

Accountable, not making excuses, and hard working. Respect.

@patrickthespiritman5777 Месяц назад

The Silent Depression: Worse than the Great Depression from 2007 to current; the average salary from 1930 for an average American individual was $4900( adjusted for inflation $85,000 annually for one person) as of 2023 the average salary is $56,000 annually, making less than the height of the Great Depression. In 1930 Gasoline was 10 cents a gallon or $1.73 adjusted for inflation, today the average is $3.55. To buy a new car in 1930 it would be $860- worth about 15k adjusted for inflation, today is worth a whopping $48,000. Key to the American Dream to buy a house in 1930 would be about $3900- less than 70k today, the average price today? $416,000. This is no secret, and nobody is saying a thing.

@Brittanyjones-sf7rc Месяц назад

Just like here in Australia. An average house cost 3 times a year"s salary in the 70s in Sydney. Now costs 13 times a year"s salary.

@shootingdutch 22 дня назад

Same goes for the Netherlands, but here we try to atleast take care of everybody. But there are just to many humans living, the costs of living and building has gone up in such an amount that the balance shifted to much.

@reddog3461 22 дня назад

I often think credit is the mother of inflation.

@ferrarizzi1219 16 дней назад

@@reddog3461 as a finance major, your statement is technically the truth

@miaviviana5041 10 дней назад

@shootingdutch The cost of housing has gone up not because there are too many humans. In fact if you look at the birth rate of each country. The birth rate has been on a decline for years. After the housing crisis in 2007 when millions of folks foreclosed on homes. Investors started buying these foreclosed home on the cheap. On top of that they continue to buy family homes because this allowed Investors to control & raise the market rate on rent and leave less homes on the housing market to purchase. Then families are still competing for these homes with Investors who can pay cash for the home so this leaves more people who should be buying home they end up renting much longer because of supply/demand. What makes this whole thing worse in 2009 when all these countries including the U.S did bailouts for large corporations. The citizens paid for it! This is when the shift began with the shift of money going towards the wealthy. With higher home cost, higher rent, inflation, cheaper labor. Add Air Bnb's to the housing leaving less available to purchase. Again leaving more folks to rent. Plus who wants to rent and have children? Most educated folks don't & won't. If war breaks out and WW3 happens guess who has to fight for this war? Not the wealth cause the governments will offer the lower class money to fight in war and they will take it if....they aren't homeless and addicted to opioid/fentenyl.

@jessicacoleman4421 3 месяца назад

The tiredness in Germania's eyes is HEARTBREAKING. She's a solider. Praying for all parties involved.

@grannygoes7882 3 месяца назад

Germania is old now, this is an old video that has been redone over and over.

@theminicooper 3 месяца назад

@@grannygoes7882 She would be about 32 years old now.. it's not THAT old :P

@0ThrowawayAccount0 3 месяца назад

She is *not* a soldier. Grow up.

@devadii24 3 месяца назад

Even her mother in law followed her- the ex must’ve been a real prize! Hope she makes it through ❤

@0ThrowawayAccount0 3 месяца назад

@@devadii24 Germania sadly took her life.

@falconmotorsports8323 3 месяца назад

15 an hour is still poverty in the US. I’m a big man with a big heart and things like this absolutely crush me. God bless all who see this

@wolves1fan830 3 месяца назад

Me too hard working people 15 isn't even enough these days these are the people who should be getting help and assistance from the state so they can get ahead not the people that sit at home and have 5 kids with 4 different fathers and say they need money to support their kids those are the one that should be said hey you put yourself in this position you better get some more work and find someoneto watch your kids

@autumnlaudato 3 месяца назад

🙏🙏🙏

@or2ak 3 месяца назад

God is useless and 2

@silk6516 3 месяца назад

I feel the same way. ❤❤❤ praying for my American brothers and sisters out here! The country is in a sad state.

@MarcShorty23 3 месяца назад

Now with the inflation going on it should be at least minimum $20 hour

@user-fd5ys5gb2x 24 дня назад

At 60 years old, living in the US I am getting my van ready to live in.... on Social Security, there is no way to afford an apt or house. Unfortunately, rent controlled areas are crime ridden so I will be safer in my van, Houseless but not Homeless.

@ENDEVRDocs 24 дня назад

stay safe and stay healthy. Best of luck.

@lannyogarro1609 Месяц назад

This was very touching. Please do a Documentary about the life of cruise ship workers. I work with Royal Caribbean working 12 + hours every day for 8 months, for $3.79 an hour as a restaurant attendant. Inhumane treatment and workload are cruel, but they are trying to put a face on how they treat us onboard. If you are not an American I won't advise you to work with these companies.

@ENDEVRDocs Месяц назад

Thank you for your comment. I will definitely take up your suggestion! And good luck to you

@lannyogarro1609 Месяц назад

@@ENDEVRDocs They make us sign agreements to not disclose information such as this. And they do their best to put on a whole different identity because there is no organization concerning our rights at sea. If we ever talk about the pay they will make it clear that we already signed the agreement on the contracts, meanwhile they are informing the guests that they don't have to tip us but rather can leave a gratuity. I no longer work with the company but I do have evidence such as my payslips and more. I had to pay the company back for my ticket to travel out of the country to board the ship, also my uniform onboard was my expense, and they deducted a portion of my money every time I got paid.

@216goldgoddess5 23 дня назад

😮yeah I wanna see that

@dcbrit2003 13 дней назад

@@ENDEVRDocsplease do this

@Will324 13 дней назад

I've heard it's like human trafficking to work onboard a cruise ship. For that amount it is. Because they are under maritime laws that's why they can pay so low and get away with it and also why they always hire people from poor countries, all the while they cater to people who take cruises who are from rich countries so they charge them hefty fees for everything. The cruise ship owners get rich off the slave workers work. It's total exploitation. Evil. Which country are you from ?

@Joel-rk8dh 3 месяца назад

This is why i get so upset at self-absorbed people giving fast food workers a hard time. They are making 8 dollars an hour!!! Give them a break.

@ljgr85mail 3 месяца назад

This documentary is from many years ago

@Pluzzie 3 месяца назад

@@ljgr85mail yeah, from 2009. what's the minimum wage over now? 12 an hour? edit: it's from 2015 or early 2016, my bad

@aleyaniguess6826 3 месяца назад

In Mississippi the minimum wage is still $7.25. So uh yeah be kind

@user-mz6iv8ps6c 3 месяца назад

@@aleyaniguess6826ummm yeah and price of living and expenses are to match that wage because that is a dump of a state to live in lol

@C.l88930 3 месяца назад

Then why not go to a trade school or get a degree I am a two-time felon, and I was able to figure it out with no help. It was either get a trade or be homeless that was my option. Now I make six figures I’ve been out of prison for four years it’s possible, I say to people keep your head up and explore options

@dboucher26 3 месяца назад

Working 70 hours a week is insane; at that pace even $50/hr wouldn't be worth it. Broke people aren't lazy, they're overworked and dead tired!

@baitroyale6070 3 месяца назад

Have you seen some of these investment banker jobs?

@michaelschneider9305 3 месяца назад

50 an hour is not enough???? Something must be wrong with you

@baitroyale6070 3 месяца назад

@@michaelschneider9305 some people work more than that. I do personally, but that’s my choice. I also don’t really have a life. It’s understandable that someone wouldn’t want to. I’m just saying there are quite a few people who do want to spend their every waking hour making money lol.

@btcberg3615 3 месяца назад

BITCOIN FIXES THIS

@TwinBleaks 3 месяца назад

@@michaelschneider9305They said it wouldn't be worth working 70hrs a week.

@judya8392 Месяц назад

The American dream is dead unless you are extremely wealthy. I feel so sorry for today's youth. They will struggle their entire lives unless they were born into wealth.

@Nursegirlalexandra 22 дня назад

I was not born wealthy. I went to university on loans, got a great employable degree and now very successful. Please quit telling people you need to be born into wealth. Many successful people weren’t.

@judya8392 21 день назад

@@Nursegirlalexandra well, we live in a whole new world now.

@bkpl269 20 дней назад

Then they should try other countries and see how it works out

@Praisethesunson 10 дней назад

@@NursegirlalexandraStatistically irrelevant. You are a cog of capital and you live no more than two bad months away from losing everything.

@Bwilli1990 8 дней назад

@@Nursegirlalexandrano offense ma’m my degree is in entrepreneurship because eventually you are at risk of being laid off and then you might be worse off than the people in this documentary.

@wildewildestrawberries Месяц назад

That young woman didn't get a chance to sleep. God bless her and her family. May she find support, opportunity, and rest.

@phajeb001 3 месяца назад

Prices have gone up 3x with inflation while employers are still paying 12.50 an hour. Then you sit there watching the CEO take a 1.5 million dollar bonus while HR works from home to contemplate whether you should get a quarter raise or not. O yea, and if you’re late that’s 1 point away from getting fired.

@Drift-Daddy 3 месяца назад

This. I'm literally one point away from losing my job at the local Zoo because I'm often about 10 mins late for my shift.. Other than this one thing, I'm a model employee..But I most likely will be fired because of the bs point system.

@phajeb001 3 месяца назад

@@Drift-Daddy zoo job doesn't sound too bad. You're not working on an assembly line so I don't know why they're so strict. My last job I remember coming in late due to weather and walked right back out. There was no reason to stay when you get docked points for tardiness or absence. I just took the points as free days to skip work, but you get 3 and you're out.

@fabulousglasswarden 3 месяца назад

Both houses & cars have become too expensive for most Americans these days, most especially for single people and/or single-income households. Even a lot of 2 income households can't afford them.

@Plemmonsscott 3 месяца назад

This issue has been exacerbated by the practices of insurance companies, which can have negative effects as well. Some insurance companies may contribute to rising prices by providing coverage that encourages risky lending and speculation. Additionally, certain insurance policies can be expensive, making it even more challenging for families to secure affordable properties. It's important for individuals tor consider diversifying their income streams, independent of government reliance, as a wise approach in the current situation.

@GreggVElrod 3 месяца назад

What if you don't know how to trade any of these? I mean, see your point some people have the money and are willing to invest, the question is where to.

@LOZUPONEJ 3 месяца назад

This is why a lot of people won’t have children. They can’t afford them.

@snickerdoodles787 3 месяца назад

I have twins and I haven't worked in 2 years

@DavidHalverson 3 месяца назад

Nope can't have children, be married, no pets, no assets like motor vehicles, clothes, and some real estate.

@kikivon3501 3 месяца назад

@@snickerdoodles787 good for you!!!! What is your point exactly, besides trying to make others feel badly? Either you have a really good job, or your husband has a really good job and you’re a SAHM, you are on welfare, or you live with your parents and your mom is raising your kids. So answer the question, which is it. Door number 1,2 , 3 or 4? Or secret door 5 you’re a trust fund baby?

@nobodycares7233 3 месяца назад

Right!! My daughters are 26 & 23 and they are struggling to take care of themselves…. They aren’t even THINKING of having children. ONE dog (110lbs pit) is enough to take care of. But at least they are wise enough to know they can’t take care of a child if they are barely making it by themselves.

@johnbags2525 3 месяца назад

Pit tells me all I need to kno.

@Yodalemos Месяц назад

Germania had me on the verge of tears, because it reflected how my mother lived with me and my sister growing up, except that we were lucky enough to have been born in Europe, and the government provided her housing, but we had to essentially take care of ourselves, because she had to work late while studying for the possibility of a better job in the future.

@kiterafrey Месяц назад

I live in Orlando, and I was shocked by how many people here live in extended stays until I stayed in one while I waiting for my apartment to be free, I was moving in right after someone else but I had to move while I could get time off work to move. I grew up poor, but I still feel blessed that even my poverty was people living in trailers and pull behind trailers in a park we so kindly renamed Felony Pines because of how many times police showed up for drug busts. But I didn't have to live in a hotel, a single room with a full family, I feel so blessed for that.

@akarkabkarim 6 дней назад

All that because of capitalism.

@sonicmoore6196 2 месяца назад

I don’t care how old this video is. This shows the cruel reality of the world.

@DarkslayerNinja Месяц назад

The only cruelty in this world was the financial government workers making a ridiculous rules.

@pe3396 Месяц назад

*the US not the world Europe isn't a sh1thole like the US

@Cynthia-fx4we Месяц назад

@@DarkslayerNinja •What?

@xoxoxoxoxo7997 Месяц назад

Wish they would make new /updated ones though

@abebelin3307 22 дня назад

The cruel reality of capitalism, tks

@samuels8167 3 месяца назад

IN USA the poverty is seen as a "individual failure" and not a social problem.

@vaderladyl 3 месяца назад

Yeah a lot loves to gloat that is indeed individual failure when in most cases it is not.

@user-zt4ln1jm3d 2 месяца назад

Well is a rep socia problem , I think we need financial education also America needs education for the most part my opinion

@kelsynicole9135 2 месяца назад

Because everything in the US is treated as an “individual” issue instead of systemic corruption. They want us to believe if we work hard enough, we too can have the “American Dream.” But that dream is just that, a dream. Not a reality for anyone except those born rich or those who were lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.

@wmg33 Месяц назад

Is it a social problem? Or an individual problem?

@charlesugochukwu9283 Месяц назад

It doesn’t look like a social problem. I’m from Nigeria. I know what poverty looks like. America isn’t poor, neither are Americans. Trust me. I know.

@UNF4lR Месяц назад

This really just clapped me in to perspective. I've been so hard on my mother for the living state, she's really trying and she's doing it all alone😢

@sirjames7800 13 дней назад

You should give her an apology. It's not easy out here.

@TheEnphamus84 Месяц назад

I appreciate this video, so many of us take basic necessities for granted (including me) I'm not rich but I'm not poor either. My heart prays for all that affected in this way. This truly humbled me today!

@216goldgoddess5 23 дня назад

Exactly I was thinking the same thing 🙏🏾

@RJ-go3sn 3 месяца назад

I'm 70, born here in America, and this is so hard to watch. These good, diligent people are what keeps America up and running, yet they live at or below poverty level. It's wrong on so many levels. Hard working and having nothing to show for it is now the hallmark of America. And I'm nearly there with you. I am holding on with both hands clasped like a boxer. I tried to get help with food, but because I own my car, I was deemed ineligible. The rich have no interest in helping. And by the rich, I mean Congress and Senate, and billionaires who got there on the backs of people like these. Every night my prayers are for people just like you. You are not forgotten, even though every day you may feel unseen.

@scottandrews947 2 месяца назад

This is due to illegals driving wages down and wasting taxpayers' resources that could be used for poor Americans.

@natashaharper1497 2 месяца назад

It’s the same here in the UK they are literally over pricing us off the streets. They also want to abolish middle class. There will eventually be the upper and lower class only.

@Noelzy617 2 месяца назад

Has it always been like this in America?

@ErinBunny24 2 месяца назад

The worst part is people your age caused all this. And yet us who just got here and just started working are blamed by you people. 😂

@ErinBunny24 2 месяца назад

@@Noelzy617 no it hasn't. A cashier 30 years ago could buy a brand new house.

@user-vy1zj3wu4h 3 месяца назад

I have no idea how she stays so positive

@lucyl.a.4288 2 месяца назад

I can only make one guess, the love for her children. A mother’s love is powerful, and also most likely faith in God.

@DonnePlummer69 2 месяца назад

It’s for the camera 🤦🏽‍♂️

@spanishthroughenglish1985 2 месяца назад

She's not positive.. She's so negative, that makes her unatractive, why immigrants are happy without the language, and unrooted.

@TheJuggKnight 2 месяца назад

She doesn’t. This is a video. Its real out here

@halettebrennen8460 2 месяца назад

She's positive because that is all she knows. It's like a child living in poverty doesn't know just how bad they have it. So they are positive.

@glennm5062 Месяц назад

In this country there is a huge gap between poverty and the "middle class". Where you are not quite poor enough to get assistance from the government yet not comfortable enough to afford anything other than rent. It's such a vicious cycle of living to work and working to live. Such a miserable existance.

@Praisethesunson 10 дней назад

That's how serfdom is supposed to work

@jonawesolowski-thecommunit9968 Месяц назад

I am an LPN, i work full time, three 12 hour shifts a week. Ive been an LPN for 34 years. I make good money. But life happens, car needed repairs, i needed eye surgery due to elevated eye pressure(the first year ive ever chosen a high deductible insurance plan, go figure) I picked up a part time side job cleaning apartment buildings in February. Something has to change

@MDRomjan-ce2fl 3 месяца назад

Companies lay off workers to get cheaper workers. People should just straight up boycott these companies.

@zephaniahgreenwell8151 3 месяца назад

How are you going to boycott GE? Are you a purchase manager for a railroad company? Are you going to delay your next medical imaging device purchase? 🙄Nothing an individual does matters.

@Natescoop8800 3 месяца назад

Great point ❤

@Natescoop8800 3 месяца назад

you can stop buying the things they sell at stores , trust me it would hurt them.

@Zeus-dw1cx 3 месяца назад

Once they couldn't have slaves in America, when they couldn't exploit people in the country, they moved industries to countries that are the equivalent of slavery..

@freeyourmind112358 3 месяца назад

Boycotting doesn't really work anymore. There's like 7 big companies that own every other company. If you think ur boycotting a brand by going with their competitors, ur usually just supporting a different brand thats owned by the same parent company. These huge conglomerates just keep buying up more and more businesses, the wealth is owned in fewer and fewr hands and its more of a monopoly every year. Even if you do find a competitor not owned by that parent company, theyre usually just as bad because they have to be in order to stay competitive. Capitalism rewards lying, cheating , stealing and exploitation, and punishes those businesses that try to maintain a higher moral ground

@crazygirlfun1 2 месяца назад

Billions of dollars sent to countries for their wars instead of helping homeless Americans. Stable homes for hard working people. Madness.

@MastarCheef1337 2 месяца назад

Yeah like Israel. Wut up wit dat???

@mmp495 2 месяца назад

I agree. The government is not an entity anyone can or should rely on to fund anyones future. How do people as an individual keep from being in poverty? That's the question we should be asking ourselves.

@masterkaltz 2 месяца назад

people voted for their money to be spent on all the other problems but their own by electing officials and presidents as you have now.

@contabrasil7142 2 месяца назад

Israel n Ucrania

@GREATVOVA 2 месяца назад

Most of those money stay in the USA and financing weapons production. Other part are credits.

@Dog-bb8hr Месяц назад

I‘m 24, living in Austria, with full health care, and I have over 14k on my bank account. I can fully focus on my graduate studies as I inherited an apartment from my parents. It‘s so crazy and unfair. Me and Germania are almost the same age, but my life is so much easier compared to hers. I can see my immense privilege now. I‘m glad I was born in a more socially aware country like Austria. The American Dream is a lie, it means nothing, because most Americans will probably never experience it. That‘s a shame. You guys need and deserve a better socio-economic system, universal health care, affordable housing, free education, paid sick-leave, social safety net. Germania, I wish you all the best. You‘re a hard-working and highly skilled person who deserves more recognition and respect for her contributions. The working-class is the backbone of every society.

@RC-fi4ix 2 дня назад

We need the globies out of OUR House. "You will own nothing and be happy" is what we've been hearing. Pushing us onto high rise apartments. Cloward Pavin strategy to starve us out. But they don't know the stregnth and will of the Ametican peolle

@RC-fi4ix 2 дня назад

I'll try again, bc I'm being censored. Thanks yt. Globies are the problem. Cloward Pavin strategy. Starving em put. "You'll own nothing and be happy. You'll eat de bugs. Humans will become useless eaters and will have to play video games and take drugs

@isabellecoudriet7017 Месяц назад

37 hours a week equating only $900 a month is heartbreaking. Especially for a mother 😢

@heisseething 2 месяца назад

My mom was laid off from Bank of America in 2006, and my Dad from HP in 2008. It took them years and years to recover. Even to this day they always have something in their back pockets just in case. I’ll be damned if they didn’t give me and my brother the best childhood ever. Whatever money they had went to our happiness.

@brandonjackson3641 2 месяца назад

Sounds like you had great caring parents that's how my parents were too

@brandiewilliams8707 2 месяца назад

That's a blessing that they were able to recover from that process

@bobbyboiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii1222 Месяц назад

@Shadywolf09 Месяц назад

My father too. He gave the family everything and more. My childhood was extravagant with the amount he would spend on me and my sister. The whole family wanted for nothing. Like your parents, my father always has something in his back pocket (we were also hit extremely hard during 2008 and are still recovering) and he still went above and beyond to give me it all. I'm still a very small child in his eyes even though I'm in my early 30's. He apologized this year for not having much to offer for my birthday. I promised him that I'll find a way to make it rich and give back to him for all that he had done for us. He and my mother didn't have to go all out for our childhoods, but they did and I have to give back the gratitude.

@Bob-te3le Месяц назад

Sounds selfish to me. But hey you got your great childhood.

@potatosalad6699 2 месяца назад

I work 2 full time jobs and homeless. Yet while I DoorDash on the side of those jobs people tell me “Get a real job” all over the internet

@hbjshowslopper 2 месяца назад

They are entitled corporate bootlickers who love hearing about the bosses new yacht while they barely have enough gas to get home.

@dummyfarm 2 месяца назад

@@hbjshowslopper god i love people making assumptions about things they don't have a clue about

@DjTittySprinklez 2 месяца назад

@@dummyfarmwell enlighten us on what you know about it then.

@dummyfarm 2 месяца назад

@@DjTittySprinklez "entitled corporote bottlicker", no arguments, just insults

@fannys941 2 месяца назад

Wow!

@greenhousefun3235 Месяц назад

She is a good mom. God bless them. Her babies are going to grow up kind . They been there byt with alot of love. The love makes a big difference.

@Kristemamber81 Месяц назад

I'd love to see an updated version of this documentary. During this crisis I had four young children and was a stay at home mom. My husband had a job making 105k a year. We were fine during that crisis. I'm now disabled with two children in college and two in high school. My husband works a full time job and a second part time job. Our children qualify for healthcare, but my husband and I do not. I am having a horrible time getting treatment for my medical issues so I can get back to work. My husband is beyond exhausted. We utilize a local food bank. We cannot afford to help our oldest two with college and so they are both struggling now, too. All we can do is offer them a place to stay. Fortunately we bought our house when mortgage rates were low, before I got sick.

@RenaBelle75 3 месяца назад

I spent my youth like this. Working. Working. Working. My kids are adults now and they say they don't know me outside of me working to pay for our lives. It hurts. It's a hard life.

@ericfromshuckabuck 3 месяца назад

Have you invested in yourself? Not by paying for college, but by taking the time to learn a new skill or get a certification? Corporations have no duty to keep a job for you. YOU have to adjust, learn and keep stacking skills so you can move up. It doesn't happen overnight, but over a 10 year period, you should be able to gain a skill that pays more than just the bills.

@jenniferwilliams5478 3 месяца назад

I've been working since I was 13.

@jenniferwilliams5478 3 месяца назад

@ericfromshuckabuck college and tech schools aren't cheap.

@Professional_Lube_Job 3 месяца назад

@ershuticfromshuckabuck

@kmc1steelers998 3 месяца назад

I can relate ❤

@southernkeyz1 2 месяца назад

I’ll never complain about my situation again after watching this documentary. Sometimes we forget just how “privileged” and good we have it while many many others are barely keeping a roof or guessing where the next meal will be coming from

@nadineslaim8264 2 месяца назад

Indeed, very humbling documentary. And a good reminder to always be grateful for when things are going well and to never take it for granted.

@KayDejaVu 2 месяца назад

It is and old documentary.

@N1na2024 2 месяца назад

@@KayDejaVu😮

@leewilliams2312 2 месяца назад

Don't worry even the privileged will fall so don't get comfortable.

@ih8leftistfilth 2 месяца назад

Making good life choices and being a responsible adult is not “privileged”. Has it occured to anyone that people put themselves into poor situations??? Not everything is the “system’s” fault…although that’s what “they” want people to believe.

@kimberlyruth154 Месяц назад

25 years ago I was very poor with 3 small kids living on 15k a year. Today my life is exactly where I dreamed it would be. I see this for this mom too. Her ethics and determination are amazing ❤

@catsika3887 Месяц назад

FYI, the middle class supports the poor and the rich. Without us, there is no rich, and the poor would all disappear. We need to change the system. It is clinical lunacy that those who work the hardest earn the least.

@elainealibrandi6364 2 месяца назад

When you're a large, money-making corporation, splitting up a full-time job into two part-time jobs just so you won't have to pay benefits is pure evil.

@ih8leftistfilth 2 месяца назад

When you’re a full grown adult and your only skill-set is working fast-food ( that used to be for teenagers & college students) thats pure laziness and/or poor life decisions.

@BlazeroToSixty 2 месяца назад

@ih8leftistfilth I have to disagree to a degree. Depending on your background determines alot of this.

@ih8leftistfilth 2 месяца назад

@@BlazeroToSixty background can be overcome by making good choices and not screwing up early in life. Thankfully due to information available on the internet today young people from historically disadvantaged backgrounds are starting to wake up and not fall into the perpetual-victimhood & welfare trap.

@HaileyGraceL 2 месяца назад

I’m 32, and currently work as a cleaner because it’s the only job I can handle while dealing with C-PTSD. Before that, I made good money working at a bank. I couldn’t balance it anymore with my failing mental health.

@collinsejaife1956 2 месяца назад

The downside of capitalism

@Nimmermehr666 3 месяца назад

"It's called the american dream because you have to be asleep to believe it". Greetings from Germany ❤

@babaentertainment6615 3 месяца назад

We have better social security but the middle class is vanishing in our beloved Germany too This is just the system of modern slavery

@alexkataras9135 3 месяца назад

Yeah, way to go Germany. Boy, arent you proud of the mess you've made. First you unleashed the migrant crisis and off loaded the dregs to the rest, once you cherry picked the best workers to run the economy. Then you thought it would be a splendid idea to rely on Putin for your energy, and in the meantime your laughable foreign policy condemned the rest of Europe to ignominy, and of course you're happy to gloat about other people's misfortunes on here. Wir schaffen das, indeed. Tosspots, the lot of you

@00x0xx 3 месяца назад

@@babaentertainment6615capitalism eventually always devolves into an entrenched elite class and a population of working poor. It did in the Roman Empire, and it will do to the other nations based on a similar economic system. I do wonder if more socialist free market systems like those in the Nordic nations can avoid this problem.

@jlkkauffman7942 3 месяца назад

Nah it’s still very much alive and well here in the states!

@alinafilip8431 3 месяца назад

R.I.P. George Carlin.

@elainal6847 10 дней назад

Thank you so much for telling this truth with dignity and honesty and integrity and respect for those who trusted you with their struggles

@jamesdavis2359 Месяц назад

Much respect to that first girl. Strong women.

@johnnyx9892 3 месяца назад

I'm sick of hearing about employment numbers and job growth. Give us a breakdown of what these jobs pay, and what benefits they offer.

@Harem__King 3 месяца назад

It’s a cost of life thing not pay. Blame the people who are taking advantage of the super rich and are overcharging them for housing and materials making everyone else pay the high prices too

@lenol0315 3 месяца назад

It’s all crappy corporate jobs that offer nothing to you you’re a wage slave for the✡️ Machine

@gwendolinkirkegaard1812 3 месяца назад

@@Harem__King explain it to me like I’m five please. Because I was not able to find a realistic situation where your argument applies

@dmarr8816 3 месяца назад

Exactly!

@ultimomos5918 3 месяца назад

@@Harem__Kingwtf are you talking about

@abigailpmm1182 3 месяца назад

I chose to not have children and I struggled. I cannot imagine how difficult it would be for parents. Or worse; single parents.

@Genesis95- 3 месяца назад

I’m struggling too and no kids!! In my early 20’s I used to rent my own apt and now (35) living in a tiny room.

@KJJ782 3 месяца назад

Exactly it’s hard for people who don’t have kids. I don’t have kids and it’s tough and not easy

@dingleberryxo7623 3 месяца назад

WIC and child support can feed the family.

@emmasanders6226 3 месяца назад

Then you're spending needs serious reviewing

@carl6153 3 месяца назад

Some cities are extremely expensive to get a apartment in. I know some people who have worked two good paying jobs to rent a small apartment in Houston Texas. They finally burnt out and moved to the Ozarks in Missouri. I don’t even like driving past any big cities let alone living in them lol

@naussinthamaurice Месяц назад

We feel you, understand you and are here for you 💗💗💗 sending love and hugs 🫂 for anybody who relates.

@sergiozamorano6413 Месяц назад

Rent prices are insane😮 most people live paycheck to paycheck one step away of been homeless 😮

@davidcaron714 3 месяца назад

The people who suffer the most in this country are the good hearted honest souls who work for a living.

@xjaker91x 3 месяца назад

Those are the easiest to exploit.

@marciamartins1992 3 месяца назад

So during the pandemic, I worked as a retail assistant manager for 11.50 an hour. They gave us a$2 raise at first, then 6 months in they took it away. Then the started making crazy demands, like working and closing alone, no pay for overtime, open availability, extra responsibility. So I quit, and 5 people followed me out. Now starting pay is $14 an hour. Still too low.

@ritamariekelley4077 3 месяца назад

The real Americans.

@user-os4iq3by3o 3 месяца назад

47:52 😂

@Hymz-kx2sg 2 месяца назад

God gives his strongest soldiers the hardest tasks.

@eksbocks9438 3 месяца назад

$1000/month. With no insurance or pension. While the average cost of rent is $1200/month.

@CalvinMorris-cf8jk 3 месяца назад

I live in the Bay Area I have not seen anything for 1,200 a month in a long long time you guys have it made if your rent is only 1,200 a month. you get a I bed room run down shack on the bad side of town in the Bay Area for 3,000 a month.

@Tony-mq5yo 3 месяца назад

@@CalvinMorris-cf8jk Yes, but in bay area min wage is $75 per hour, so you have it made not us.

@roderickcortez138 3 месяца назад

@@Tony-mq5yo $75 an hour? It's $15 per hour. What are you smoking?

@anthonydowney-uo2zo 3 месяца назад

@@Tony-mq5yominimum wage is 18$ an hour if your in San Francisco and 15$ everywhere else. Downtown San Diego minimum wage is 16.50 outside of the tourist areas it's 15$ alot of retail workers live with parents, have like 10 roommates, live in there car, live in a shelter, or are lucky to get supplemental housing. If your lucky you can find a room to rent for 1500 which is like 2/3 of your income after taxes you bring home 2000 a month. I lived in St Louis if you made 2000 a month there you'd be set as you can find a studio to rent for 400$

@johndemaagd2952 3 месяца назад

Just live outta ur car simple as that.

@vincentramirez8188 Месяц назад

I am blessed to make $150,000 a year, but I never ever look down on workers like Germania. I started off like that too, my parents were farm workers. Luckily for me I did not grow up in this economy, it’s brutal. I don’t know how the younger generation will ever get ahead. This is the reason why we have a homeless issue.

@lightdk6321 Месяц назад

Having a child outside of marriage drastically increases the poverty rate. If I remember correctly, 98% of people that a child before marriage experience poverty at some point.

@barrybeukes5242 21 день назад

Marriage never solved poverty but added to it so what's point are you making here???

@wryterzblock 20 дней назад

Get off your moral high horse. Children are expensive regardless of marital status.

@caracrabtree715 3 месяца назад

There aren’t even any incentives and “paid” benefits anymore. You generally pay for your own benefits. Survival shouldn’t be the incentive, thriving should. We live in a sick place.

@jimmyt5241 3 месяца назад

You made a real good point , these fast food places use to give free meals which was a great incentive and helped feed families and made working at these large corporations kind of great in a way you got free food , they should bring that back least they can do , I remember growing up and going to a friends house his dad worked at a local Wendy’s and brought home chicken tenders 25 years ago and I thought that was the koolest thing ever we pigged out in those tenders it made our night some nights

@spacedudey2k 3 месяца назад

Greed greed greed

@GhostradamusX 3 месяца назад

I've talked to some very wealthy people and it's always the same. They hire accountants who are looking for (and find) every possible tax break and these very wealthy just want more, more, and more.

@danielgeci4513 3 месяца назад

The problem with what you're saying is you're putting the responsibility for a person thriving outside of that person. It's our responsibility to thrive, and to do so requires self reliance, not a society infrastructure. This ain't to say society isn't destructive and evil in its current state, but it is to say you're unhappiness at the root is this idea you have that it's society's responsibility. you've subconsciously committed to perpetuating that society's modus operandi by relying on it, thus you're ironically perpetuating the very evil you complain about. What I'm driving at here is we need relative health, food, shelter and friends. That's all happiness and thriving requires, everything else is an illusion including any roadblocks you see preventing you from food, shelter and friends. Nothing stops you or anyone from going off establishing a homestead or being nomadic herders with a group of like minded companions and starting your own society. Your unhappiness lies in the fact you cannot create an adhoc connection to some existing perfect society which will deliver an appropriate allotment of happiness to your doorstep on a monthly basis. People like you need to understand that your pursuit of some utopian society that has systemically conquered poverty and is equally beneficial to all is what ends up removing freedoms and enslaves us. Stop focusing outside yourself, focus on you, fix that and then work your way out and pull others into your orbit. Stop trying to find some pre-existing social construct to identify with, make your own

@danielgeci4513 3 месяца назад

@@GhostradamusXgee, thanks for that profound insight. happy 1st birthday and welcome to this world....I assume that's how old you are given your obvious, and equally ignorant, comment

@acr4715 3 месяца назад

This woman is a champion. I hope her efforts are recognized. She deserves more then the “American dream”.

@mattr2164 3 месяца назад

Definatly deserves a raise and a promotion

@freedomlife2024 3 месяца назад

😅 the american dream is the best Campaign marketing in decade. Keep makes American blood proudly 😅 Wake up !! You are victim of slavery.

@mistertexaz 3 месяца назад

Somebody’s gonna notice her plight and give her a promotion

@freedomlife2024 3 месяца назад

@@mistertexaz yups👍,Life is never flat

@Thewhitedragon27185 Месяц назад

There’s a scary amount of people in the comments denying everything presented here. You’re part of the problem why we live to work instead of working to live.

@bluechurch776 17 дней назад

???

@jammiebooker6489 Месяц назад

Bless the families in these situations and help them keep it together for their kid's sake.

@ZooTrekkerChronicles 3 месяца назад

The most significant change I made was leaving South Georgia, where I was born and raised, after working for 7 years in a warehouse, earning only $17k annually with minimal raises. The living costs were too high, and the healthcare was subpar. I decided to pursue my dream of working in information technology. After almost a year of daily job applications, facing unprofessional employers and ghosting, and recruiters making false promises, I finally landed a job out of state in the Midwest. I'm grateful for the opportunity to improve my life, now making $41k instead of $17k.

@alicia_nicole 3 месяца назад

I'm happy for you! This is only the beginning!!

@TheinTunZaw-uj1un 3 месяца назад

Keep trying 💪 for the better life

@bhilgefort 2 месяца назад

So… no one wants to take care of the bosses and managers that like to “keep you in your place” or belittle you in front of other employees? Many like us have missed out on child rearing or exploring a new hobby that makes life worth living. Im not grateful for working as a slave. We need to be more proactive. I love seeing people get more, but you’re worth more than $41k. You just don’t see it.

@jamesfernick3741 2 месяца назад

this is the kind of content i came to the comment section for, you were in a bad position but you worked hard to get out of it, congratulations, if you want to build security and make future job searches a chance to move up further heres the best advice ive ever gotten, i strongly suggest getting linkedin and connecting with everyone you meet professionally, its like playing adult pokemon (gotta catch em all) but the more you build your network in your specialty (like IT) the more visible you are to recruiters (because your friends likely know the recruiters), that way if you ever decide you want to move or get fired/layed off or even want to move up with experience you just switch your settings to be looking for work visible to recruiters, once you build your network big enough you can practice your profession almost anywhere in the country and job hunting is much easier, another lifehack about job interviews i wish i was told as a teenager, dont go in there thinking "i hope i get it" go in there thinking "they would miss out so much not hiring me i have so much to offer them" it gives you more confidence on the surface,

@KINGDOMBUILTHVAC 2 месяца назад

Same here. I was in Hvac making 10.50 an hour in southeast ga. Moved to Tn and made about 80k a year doing the same thing but had to work day/night. Now i have my own business and make around 75-85k but I have wayyy more time with the family. Unfortunately inflation is high so we’re leaving the states sooner rather than later!

@EamonCoyle 3 месяца назад

Sad that man still showing his patriotism and saying he would die for American, even though America doesn't care if he lives or not !!

@xzyeee 3 месяца назад

He's actually dying for his country, now, BECAUSE of his country. My prayers are for him, his wife and child to LIVE again...

@T1kr3b3u 3 месяца назад

Biden and Co are doing more for those Illegal Aliens / Ukraine and Israel though :p

@kld70 3 месяца назад

Often times those for are abused are still faithful to their abusers. They still cling even when abandoned. Trauma is difficult for many people to understand because they’ve never experienced it.

@EamonCoyle 3 месяца назад

@@kld70 I am in no way downing that gentleman, I am an Irish Republican from N.Ireland so patriotism comes first, but given the US was itself a British colony I also believe when Ireland gets its own freedom we should be willing to stand up to our own leaders should they themselves try to become our masters.

@krejados1 3 месяца назад

I don't get that sentiment, either.

@Helloimapup Месяц назад

I am sending her blessings right now. She will prosper!

@user-nt1fb1mv3i 2 месяца назад

I hope everyone in this documentary gets blessed 10 times fold❤❤

@shauna-k9129 Месяц назад

Yes. For those who work may they be rewarded 😢

@apexsw20trd 3 месяца назад

The look of exhaustion on Germania’s face as she walks home after a long shift is heart breaking to see. You can feel the love she has for her children and how she has to work hard for them. I hope our government helps the right people in our country and do the right thing.

@cjhoward409 3 месяца назад

And dads need to step up when they help create babies. And not walk away. Shameful !

@thewindowcleaner5365 3 месяца назад

She voted democratic too. I don't feel sorry for them

@vaderladyl 3 месяца назад

I know many republicans that are dirt poor so nobody is immune@@thewindowcleaner5365

@andrewgoss6486 3 месяца назад

@cjhoward409 Germania is the idiot who left her babies daddy back in their home state and selfishly moved to a place with no preexisting support system due to her uncontrolled selfish nature. She needs to give those kids back.

@1portacath 3 месяца назад

Stop relying on the government to solve all your problems.

@Beginnerreadsthebible Месяц назад

You DID it Germainia!!! Amber, take heart, you will be home soon ❤

@joshuajaynes88 Месяц назад

The main problem is rising health care costs and housing. Even non min wage jobs are having trouble keeping up.

@jerf5038 3 месяца назад

Having conversations with homeless folk in my area really put it in perspective for me. A lot of us are one paycheck away from homelessness

@daniellejames8028 3 месяца назад

Live way below your means and save. And stop procreation. It's the only way

@desdicadoric 3 месяца назад

Amen to that. Many of us

@stoneyq4259 3 месяца назад

I used to be a very political person and while i have been poor most of my life i failed to recognize the fragility of this just getting by way that most of us live. I dont think its reasonable to condemn people to meaningless childless existances just so they can "get ahead" one paycheck away is almost optimistic. If the right things go wrong in the worst order you will be homeless regaurdless of the pay period

@jonathanp89 2 месяца назад

Same in UK.

@Anon1370 2 месяца назад

@@jonathanp89i actually think usa is worse off then uk now i think we are actually doing better......

@UADOS11 2 месяца назад

There are millions of people like her. She is truly a warrior. She is surviving America. That's all anyone can do.

@Julz327 Месяц назад

What a courageous mother, she does everything for her family. She has all my respect.

@LenNLeon Месяц назад

This broke my heart. This is messed up.

@elsamancia8127 3 месяца назад

I can really relate to Germania. My mom had three jobs when we were teens. I don’t know how she did it. But, this is why I have so much appreciation for service workers. I tip well, treat them well, and I will never forget where I cane from. Now, I’m able to have a great job and help those in need. ❤

@Finkiu 3 месяца назад

The thing is that they shouldn´t be paid with tips, but with a decent salary, and they would not need charity or tips ever.

@guysumpthin2974 3 месяца назад

55k is working poverty (-33% taxes) . Too many people don’t make that much

@jamrockingston 3 месяца назад

I have no sympathy for people who make poor life choices. If you’re poor, why are you having kids?

@bliss6495 3 месяца назад

@@jamrockingston Because you cannot just get rid of kids.

@Finkiu 3 месяца назад

@@jamrockingston Because they´re humans, and they have instincts, like everyone else. Why are you saying such a nosense thing? How do you know anyway if they were in that situation before having kids?

@jamesgarcia4000 2 месяца назад

Corporate greed and wealth inequality will be the fall of this country.

@Decision333 Месяц назад

Europe is just as bad if not worse

@Muzzlecrowe-li9kt Месяц назад

We already fell.

@jamesgarcia4000 Месяц назад

@@Decision333 okay?

@kevinswift8654 Месяц назад

@@Decision333 Is it?

@Cynthia-fx4we Месяц назад

@@Muzzlecrowe-li9kt • l was about to type the same thing! There are too many people struggling, and corporate greed has the basic needs for life out of reach for hard working people. Food, clothing, and shelter is what breaks them.

@kighudvngfbkxjb.ngpmkjpjm. Месяц назад

I admire individuals who consistently show up and work hard every day, regardless of whatever decent job they had!

@dkindle80 Месяц назад

Much respect for the women and her 3 kids. She is the true definition of strong women ! I remember a time when we were proud to be an an American. It is getting harder and harder everyday

@jimbennett3788 3 месяца назад

Ms. Germania is the prime example of an honest hardworking human - a person who is being deliberately victimized by am unethical but legal system in our society. May God bless her and all who give all their strength to stand on their own two feet.

@painandpleasure8704 2 месяца назад

She's literally just like any other single mom, loves being a victim 🙄 and having no accountability for where she is in her own life.

@theseph28 2 месяца назад

@@painandpleasure8704I've been on the internet since 1995 and I've never until this point heard a more incel comment.

@painandpleasure8704 2 месяца назад

@@theseph28 good for you?

@jyripeltola5904 2 месяца назад

@@painandpleasure8704 I haven't watched the video for long, but what I can see, she is definitely not trying to act victim. From what I see, she is doing all that she possibly can to not be victim and rise up in the ranks.

@abel1955 2 месяца назад

@@jyripeltola5904 shes paying for her mistakes though, 25 and 2 kids? maybe 3 idk. Her mother in law is babysitting which is a huge help but they want to keep the illusion that they are ok. Kids should be learning something not just watch tv since education starts at home, 4 hours a day with kids? why not learn something too because if they ever want to move up then a lot of sacrifices need to be made. and before you judge me, i come from immigrant where life was 5 to 10 dollars a week, my single mom of 2 kids came to the USA and worked minimum wage when it was 3.50 an hour, she open her small business of selling fruits and us kids helped and thats how we learned about money. now we own hour home

@bogger44fl 3 месяца назад

Insurance is through the roof, fuel costs, taxes, electricity, water, groceries, on and on. I work 55 hours a week and almost 50 years old and I’m ready to throw in the towel. I see my parents generation out playing golf and going to breakfast getting pensions while we still pay social security that we will never get back.

@sebastiansebastian9553 3 месяца назад

Same in germany. Called generationenvertrag, contract of the generations. The workers now pay the retierement check of now retiered elders. But who will pay my retierement Check? 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 Generation Z 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@AquariusTurtle 3 месяца назад

Why do you vote left? They are all about generational welfare, stealing from others for equality of outcome, and making the rich far richer. The left hates the middle class. Look at how all the leftist politicians have an army of peasants.

@honkhonk1555 3 месяца назад

This is your country when it’s governed by the Talmud.

@GreatHambino40 3 месяца назад

Yep. I've seen my auto and homeowners insurance skyrocket in the last 2 years, although zero claims have been filed. It's ridiculous how the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer..

@LeeGordon-fp9zf 3 месяца назад

Rubbish. And it's yr greedy pricks in government that have let big business rule and not the people. It can be changed, but you have to get honest ppl in yr govt. Hasn't happened since bush senior.

@ShaninOhio-uu2ms Месяц назад

I'd love to see a "where are they now" with these same people. Everything is so expensive right now! I know many professionals who have extra part-time jobs to help pay off student loan debt, put some extra money in the bank or pay for their children's college. I have a pharmacist friend who waits tables on the weekends. Many RNs and even physicians pick up extra shifts at other facilities.

@targetegrat 20 дней назад

It annoys me when I see a comment talking about save your money. How can you save money when wages do not keep up with the increase in expenses (auto insurance/home insurance rates are ridiculous, gas/groceries are expensive, and then life happens you still need to maintain your car/home on top of that). That means your savings account will take a hit, you have to start using credit and get into debt, or juggle bills (be late month, catch up the next month, etc.) I just get annoyed when privileged people assume that most people should be well off.

@jillgibson2648 3 месяца назад

I work 112 hours a week 2 full time jobs overtime at each and am barely holding a roof over my head society is completely broken we need to band together and demand changes this is unacceptable 😢

@megbugg9904 2 месяца назад

How much are you paying for rent?

@robnixon1834 2 месяца назад

So your telling me that you work 112 hours a week and there's only 120 hours in a 5 day week so you sleep about 1 to 2 hours a day. I don't think I believe you no person can live on that type of sleep. If you do that's crazy and I feel for you but I my self don't no anyone that could still be able to function on that little sleep a day. You must be a robot

@Onurtime 2 месяца назад

@@robnixon1834 yeah because someone who works 112 hours a week takes the weekend off. Do you not understand how much of a struggle it must be? There's 168 hours a week.

@jillgibson2648 2 месяца назад

$3000 a month for a 1 bedroom condo plus Hydro $350 a month plus parking $800 a month for 2 vehicles

@jillgibson2648 2 месяца назад

I sleep exactly 2 hours a day I am a complete insomniac but I do nap on both lunch breaks and once a month I take 2 days off if I can why would I lie about having to work 2 jobs that's just stupidity

@terrywhite7285 2 месяца назад

The most powerful moment of this was when they asked the man “Are you proud to be an American” and he said yes emphatically but couldn’t think of a reason why.

@MobileGamingChronicles 2 месяца назад

"You can keep smacking a rock until you turn it into dust, but once it's in dust you're not gonna beat it any smaller. But they're gonna try." The reality of every billion dollar or multi billion dollar company making billions per year.

@annba3170 Месяц назад

This girl is a work horse and obviously loves her kids. However, I think one of the biggest problems in this country is people having children that they can't afford.

@BB-rn2ks 25 дней назад

Exactly!!! And they don't stop

@sherryskinner855 10 дней назад

It is so confusing to me for real. Birth control is free at health department. When I was single pregnancy was my biggest fear.

@Simeon1212 2 месяца назад

I’m 37 and I honestly feel like it’s been like this for a very very long time . I think now people are just reaching their breaking points but I remember when I was 20 not being able to afford rent and being angry like why is everything so expensive and it seemed like everyone around me was just like whatever . I have always seen what was really going on. Especially the “gentrifications” of poor neighborhoods and sky high rents, debt trap colleges, food, utilities nonstop bills & insurance for literllay “EVERYTHING” it’s all a scam

@MobileGamingChronicles 2 месяца назад

Not to mention laws that make it mandatory to have all that insurance. Damn.

@TFCCalways 2 месяца назад

I totally agree with you!! It’s all a scam!!

@user-ue1xl6im8p 2 месяца назад

Everything in America is a racket! Just like the New York mafia!

@nca4794 Месяц назад

Exactly. None of these issues are new. And there are no laws going forward to make life any better or any easier for everyday Americans. The only ones that pass are tax breaks for people that don't need it.

@MobileGamingChronicles Месяц назад

@@nca4794 for real.

@FlorenceLunsford-sk2nj Месяц назад

Thanks!

@ivarub1017 Месяц назад

In minute 11:20 She pays 850 a month of rent and that's amount represents 3/4 of her salary meaning her total monthly is income is less than 1,200 a month. To me the numbers don't make sense. She has 3 kids, she could get a lot of help from the government if she knows where to look for. Nobody can live with only 2 or 3 hours of sleep and working 2 jobs

@mey7579 24 дня назад

She gets good stamps

@tiffanyshadleyhaulkindagir7378 2 месяца назад

Germania is honestly one of the most beautiful people inside and out. I really wish for her to win the lottery. And never have to work again. She is honestly one of the awesome people i've ever seen in my life on RU-vid.

@OGtruthserum Месяц назад

I hope for the exact opposite!

@Gstunfisk 29 дней назад

what do you get from lying? i really hope you are just as beautiful as she is :)

@mattymitch9953 3 месяца назад

“Now I have no money, but at least they ate something” I started crying….

@Aaron-ff5km 3 месяца назад

I did to my friend , no one should go hungry, this world is cruel 😢

@jlo9381 3 месяца назад

She would have had more if she wasn't buying cigarettes.....

@dorifrazer687 3 месяца назад

@@jlo9381 that cigarette is probably what keeps her going off 2 hours of sleep.

@pickywolf2728 3 месяца назад

@@jlo9381keep judging …

@kalfaxplays7899 3 месяца назад

the sad part is, she could get rice or something else for cheap and feed them for a long time, but instead she buys them pizza or whatever else. and yes i know, she would have to find a way to cook the rice, but she could probably find a rice cooker for cheap on facebook or a garage sale or something.

@durrellbias665 4 дня назад

Don't know why I clicked on this video but I'm glad I did. Eye-opening!

@mannied6395 Месяц назад

People like this are the one's we need to look up to.....The ones that made mistakes but Not excuses!!!

@Sumkuang 2 месяца назад

Germania: “ I can’t wait to get in the bus so I can close my eyes “ 😢😭

@tanpham7411 3 месяца назад

I run a restaurant in Maryland and I would love to employ Germania. We are paying $17-$20 here so she does not have to work as much hours. I love her fighting spirits.

@seitanbeatsyourmeat666 2 месяца назад

Try to find her… another commenter said they thought they had, and are looking for others to join in helping her

@Strawberrynovacane 2 месяца назад

I live in Maryland and I’m similar situations how do I apply?

@spanishthroughenglish1985 2 месяца назад

She's negative.

@tristancollins8789 2 месяца назад

What's the average rent in Maryland around your restaurant? Can someone pay rent, keep a car running, and see a dr at the same time working for 17-20 where your restaurant is? It took me moving to NH and earning at least 20 to cover bills and have any kind of emergency savings. Now the rent is getting so high here i may have to move on if i ever want to buy a place and build equity.

@cikosphysicaltherapist6017 2 месяца назад

I am the chef of a restaurant in CT, if Germania sees this, I would love to hire her. We pay on avg $20 for cooks.

@presidentofmarkarta6759 20 дней назад

The more I watch the more saddened I get. I hope everyone watching do what they must do to avoid this type of lifestyle. Blessings to you all💛

@presidentofmarkarta6759 20 дней назад

And to add. Although racism is still a problem, I personally believe soon racism wouldn’t matter when all races are living poor! This isn’t a problem of race, but the society of the have and the have not.