Let's look at the numbers. Your suggestion that most poor people work at least 56 hours a week isn't consistent with what I've read. For example, from The Cent

Let's look at the numbers. Your suggestion that most poor people work at least 56 hours a week isn't consistent with what I've read. For example, from The Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis, "Who are the working poor?", first paragraph: > In 2013, 45.3 million people were poor. The majority of the people who live below the poverty level do not work. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 10.5 million or 23 percent of the poor were “working poor.” [1] Note that I'm not arguing that there is not problem with voting and the poor. [1] http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/faq/who-are-working-poor http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/faq/who-are-working-poor