The Vermont Economy is struggling even though we have a low unemployment rate. This unemployment rate masks the real truth most Vermonters are only making an average of a little over fifteen dollars. Fifteen dollars an hour is not enough to support a family of four in today’s economy. Personally I work in college and, I make minimum wage and that’s just enough to buy gas and groceries for the week. I couldn’t imagine trying to raise a family in Vermont on these wages. A pure indication on Vermont’s plummeting Economy, are the children in elementary school who qualify for free or reduced lunch. Twelve years ago only twenty five percent of kids in K-12 were eligible for these promotions. Now twelve years later forty percent of the children enrolled
