America on $195 a Week!!!!

I read an article from Mother Jones this week about a 58 year old lady that works in the Wal-mart pharmacy in New York. This lady said she started at Wal-mart back in 2001 making $6.40 an hour and now by 2008 she was making $10.50. But after taxes and everything else it's still not that much. In 2008 she said she made roughly $297 and after taxes and deduction it was $195. Bob Pollin, codirector of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, calculates that a single person needs about $400 a week. They need this much in order to pay bills on time, eat three meals a day, and set aside money to save. This 58 year old lady barely makes half of what he is saying she needs to make. Think of how many more Americans this is effecting. I hope the economy turns around soon because I don't think much more people can take this. I feel so bad for everyone that's going through this! Everyone deserves to get a break from work sometime and to not have to worry about money, but sadly I don't know if this will happen!