That data shows Chicagoans working full-time, year-round face poverty rates of only 2.3%. Those who work only part-time or part-year face poverty rates of 20.7%. Those who do not work at all face poverty rates of 31.3%.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Chicago’s minimum wage laws may be a barrier to the creation of full-time that keep people out of poverty.
Maybe, but remember, they have to be willing to work for a living. To some, that’s a very distasteful concept.
the fly in the ointment