I do think that notions that, you know, having two jobs or getting married do not necessarily work for, quote, unquote, 'lifting' people out of poverty because people are working at minimum wage now, and they are making 61 percent of the federal poverty level.
Moore argues that traditional methods like marriage and multiple jobs don't effectively lift people out of poverty.
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