Tammie Hagen-Noey lives in Richmond, Virginia. She's featured in an article about the living standards of those who make only the minimum wage. She says it's impossible to get by on what she makes.
As she was being interviewed, Tammie "tapped at an iPhone." Tammie has several tattoos visible in the photograph which, I'm told, don't come cheap. One can only wonder about the tattoos that don't show. Tammie has addictions. Tammie has government liens against her. Tammie probably made more when she was a prostitute -- she was arrested in 2010 in Richmond, but the article failed to mention that.
She says every cent of her paycheck goes toward what she needs. Well, duh! Isn't that how most of us started out? I can well remember deciding between two items at the grocery store because I couldn't afford both. Of course, I might could have afforded both if I'd had food stamps. Then I might also could have afforded the latest technological gadgets and some body art, too.
Perhaps if Tammie had put a little more effort into her education instead of living the fast life, she might be doing something that pays a little more than flipping burgers.
"The Great Divide." The Dallas Morning News; May 2, 2014; p. 3D.
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