7 Days @ Minimum Wage: Jessica (Day 4 / Part 1)

7 Days @ Minimum Wage brings you 7 real people with 7 real stories of living on the minimum wage, hosted by Roseanne Barr and sponsored by the AFL-CIO and ACORN. On Day 4, Jessica, an educated mom of four, tells her life-story of struggle to get ahead and make a future for her family. Jessica does everything she can to break out of a daily cycle of pain inflicted by having to scrape by on the minimum wage. Be sure to view Part 2 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4zHlgWEY4U

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[iceberg061382]

jesus! you people commenting on this poor women are brutal. so, you're saying her having 4 children was a bad decision? i think who ever gave birth to you ignorant assholes made a very bad decision. not everyone lives in the suburbs and can just get a job at pizza hut. she has to take care of her 4 kids she cant get a fucking job installing drywall 40 hrs a week. christ, you guys are so ignorant it is such a shame racism and hate still lingers on in this country.

[nasaltla]

I feel bad for her. She seems very genuine and sweet. Hopefully better opportunities will come her was soon.

[Agoraphobicslove]

@iceberg061382 It was a poor decision for her to have children. I sympathize with poor people and increasing wages to a living wage but why have children when you can't afford them? This seems very unfair for the children involved.

[ZACMAN9]

Thank you Rosanne for doing something and bringing this to our attention.... I loved what you said on BEHAR show...... Im a 28 year old college student in houston at University of houston Downtown and am fed up with this crap. If you see this and need an educated advocate,im in the process of rallying up a large group of HONEST AMERICANS who are ready to have the whole system injected with antibiotics. This sickness, this filth can be CURED.PEOPLE JUST HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND NOT JUST SAY IT.

[youcantakeapunch]

@watermelonygoodness Just make sure you don't fall into the situation as that chick with the four kids. You have the power.

[youcantakeapunch]

Just make sure you don't fall into the situation as that chick with the four kids. You have the power.

[alqammd]

@watermelonygoodness yes i am and guess what i work six days a week 12hr shifts but what else can i do

[watermelonygoodness]

@youcantakeapunch Well you could have children for all you know.  You're a man it's not like you would have given birth to them. Did you ever wonder where these children's father is? Maybe things used to be better, maybe it made sense at a point in time to have four children. Maybe he died, or they split up and he's not contributing, you don't know.

[youcantakeapunch]

@watermelonygoodness The chick in the video has 4 kids. My point was for her to take some kind of responsibility. Nothing in life is 100%, but if it makes you feel better that you proved me wrong then so be it. All I know is that I'm 35 years of age with no kids and a great job. Having kids for me is a choice not something that just happens that I have absolutely no control over.

[watermelonygoodness]

@youcantakeapunch None of what you're saying is contrary to anything I have said. I'm not saying not to wear a condom. You said if she had just used a condom she would not have gotten pregnant. I illustrated to you that you are wrong. And now you're changing the subject. Awesome.

[youcantakeapunch]

@watermelonygoodness A condom to me is like wearing a seat belt. It's not 100%, but I'd rather have some kind of protection than none at all. I'd rather be protected between 86%-97% than to have no protection at all.

Also, I avoid certain types of women.

When I was in the Marine Corps, I always wore my flack jacket. It didn't protect from certain caliber rounds, but I wore it anyway...

[watermelonygoodness]

@youcantakeapunch ...had failed, you would have been pregnant. But we know that's not true, you can have unprotected sex and not get pregnant. It is likely that your condom has failed on at least one occasion, you just weren't aware of it because you didn't get pregnant. Fine. But sometimes when a condom fails, people get pregnant. *Shock* As for your final questions: yes and no.