TL;DR, starting with Line 1: It’s a fairly pervasive myth within the US that the poor work very hard at unpleasant jobs. But this is nothing but a myth - accor

TL;DR, starting with Line 1: It’s a fairly pervasive myth within the US that the poor work very hard at unpleasant jobs. But this is nothing but a myth - according to the BLS report A profile of the working poor, 2009, as of 2009, only 24% of people below the poverty line were in the labor force (this means working or looking for work) for at least 27 weeks/year. Even if one knew where in the BLS report to dig for that 24 percent figure (and independent of the fact that the author doesn't even mention whether it was was adjusted for traditional non-working categories -- e.g.. students, seniors, disabled, in or recently out of detention -- or not, as is standard practice when talking about unemployment numbers) there are so many plainly illogical (and just plain weird) assertions jumping out of this rant that you kind of have to wonder why he bothered. For starters: that "below the poverty line" === "poor in the U.S." or, my favorite: "in the work force at the moment" === "willing to work in general." Really now?