{"product_id":"looking-up-at-the-bottom-line-the-struggle-for-the-living-wage-9781935514992","title":"Looking Up at the Bottom Line: The Struggle for the Living Wage","description":"Remarkable  An energizing, engaging book that can lead to the end of homelessness for over 1,000,000 minimum wage workers. This book takes off where all the other minimum wage, living wage books end. \u003cbr\u003e Michael Stoops, National Civil Rights Organizer for the National Coalition for the Homeless \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"... the only book on the subject that combines in such depth both personal stories of low wage workers and their families, on the one hand, and analytic arguments about the costs and benefits of living wages, on the other. The idea of indexing wages to housing costs just may be the right way to think about this.\"\u003cbr\u003e Robert Pollin, author of The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Troxell's accounts of the homeless point to a profound break down in our culture - a society that grows more rootless and disconnected with each passing year. After reading this book your next experience at a highway intersection will be radically changed. The bedraggled figure holding a cardboard sign will not be a complete stranger. You won't be looking at a bum; you'll be seeing another human being and into the brokenness of our culture. \u003cbr\u003e Tom Spencer, CEO Austin Area Interreligious Ministries \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Compassion means to suffer (pati) with (com) another. To suffer with  Unfortunately in today's world the idea of compassion is confused with the liberal notion of charity as opposed to a genuine call to justice. Richard Troxell has shared and taken on the pain of others and battled like a great warrior the institutional mindset that prevents humans from simply doing what is right. \u003cbr\u003e Alan Graham, President Mobile Loaves \u0026amp; Fishes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Finally, someone with some common sense  Troxell lays out a plan that will end homelessness for over 1,000,000 minimum wage workers- without costing tax payers a dime. Plus, this is a great read - a compelling activist's tell. \u003cbr\u003e Jim Hightower, radio commentator and editor of The Hightower Lowdown \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ... the inspiration and key to Bringing America Home for millions of people through the Universal Living Wage - by indexing employment income to housing costs.\u003cbr\u003e Sue Watlov Phillips, M.A., C.S.P., executive director of Elim Transitional Housing, founder Minnesota and National Coalition for the Homeless \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Troxell's outstanding advocacy and efforts on behalf of the homeless are legend and truly appreciated by those he helps and those who admire his selfless work.\u003cbr\u003e Texas State Senator Kirk Watson, District 14 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plain View Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935514992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Richard R. Troxell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40843341299893,"sku":"9781935514992","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_88e8e7dc-b837-438e-b775-cb662ca82fdc.jpg?v=1629807896","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/looking-up-at-the-bottom-line-the-struggle-for-the-living-wage-9781935514992","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}