After meeting up with Melissa and Caroline, who she interviewed nine years ago for her book "Nickel and Dimed," Ehrenreich found out that their current economic situations did not get any better, besides the fact that their minimum wage had raised from $7 to $10 an hour. Denise Smith, who has bachelor's degree in history and is working at tourist site for seasonal $10-an-hour, said: "We were poor, and we're still poor." Before the recession, the working poor has already lived in an economic depression…
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