Ending Hunger in America, 2014 Hunger Report Study Guide | Page 8

CHRISTIAN STUDY GUIDE – 2014 HUNGER REPORT

SESSION 3: EXPECTATIONS FOR THE COMMON GOOD
The Application
1. Read Box 1.2 on pages 44-45 and Figure 1.4 on page 45 (or in the Featured Stories
section at www.hungerreport.org). On a flipchart page, make two lists. On one side, list
the costs of sequestration mentioned in the sidebar, as well as any others you can think
of. On the other side, list the benefits of sequestration and of making federal policy in
this way. What do you think of
your lists?
2. Review the household budget
amounts you identified in Session 2, using the EPI Household
Budget Calculator at www.epi.
org/resources/budget/. Working
40 hours a week for 52 weeks a
year adds up to 2,080 work hours
a year. What hourly wage would
be required for your households
to reach their suggested income
levels? Now look at Figure 2.8
on page 76. What would be the
effect on your household if the
minimum wage had grown in
proportion with productivity?

The e-connect
Find the minimum wage infographic on the Issues page at www.
hungerreport.org/issues. Use Facebook and Twitter to share it. Ask your network if someone working full time should have to
choose between paying rent and buying good food for their children. What could help change
this situation?

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