Millions of American workers have already reached that point. The near-term policy remedies are clear: raise the minimum wage to a level that will keep a fully employed worker and his or her family out of poverty, and extend the earned-income tax credit to childless workers.
但数百万美国工人已经触及了这一点。近期的政策对策很明确：把最低工资提升到足以一个全职工人及其家庭免于贫困的水平，扩大对无子女劳动者的工资所得税减免。奥巴马总统提议两者同时施行。