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Getting By: Harold Jones

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Harold "Hoss" Jones is a part time driver for the Green Mountain Express, the bus that runs between Bennington and Manchester. He used to have a higher paying job in manufacturing. Now, like many of the workers he transports, he’s just "getting by."
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Getting By: Harold Jones

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Harold "Hoss" Jones is a part time driver for the Green Mountain Express, the bus that runs between Bennington and Manchester. He used to have a higher paying job in manufacturing. Now, like many of the workers he transports, he’s just "getting by."
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Getting By: Kevin Gallagher

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Kevin Gallagher is 26 years old and delivers pizza in Burlington. He makes most of his money through tips. However, the pizza boxes say "free delivery", so many people assume they don’t need to tip. It makes it impossible to predict the amount of money he will earn.
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Getting By: Kevin Gallagher

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Kevin Gallagher is 26 years old and delivers pizza in Burlington. He makes most of his money through tips. However, the pizza boxes say "free delivery", so many people assume they don’t need to tip. It makes it impossible to predict the amount of money he will earn.
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Getting By: Amanda Calhoun

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Amanda Calhoun is a senior in high school, working part time as a waitress to save money for college. She said it’s her first job, that it was hard to find a job with no prior experience. But she also said that tips are critical, that she’s been working a lot of morning shifts, where tips are low.
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Getting By: Amanda Calhoun

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Amanda Calhoun is a senior in high school, working part time as a waitress to save money for college. She said it’s her first job, that it was hard to find a job with no prior experience. But she also said that tips are critical, that she’s been working a lot of morning shifts, where tips are low.
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Getting By-Donna Olsen

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Donna Olsen, of Fairfax, is a "para professional" at a middle school. Her husband is an auto mechanic. They have two children – both now in college. She drives an old car and wishes she could help her kids more with college costs. But she says they’re really just "getting by".
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VT Edition Interview: Colin Robinson and Art Woolf on Getting By

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There’s a big difference between earning minimum wage and making enough to live comfortably, or even make ends meet.  Many Vermonters struggle while making much more than minimum wage. Colin Robinson is director of the Vermont Livable Wage Campaign. Art Woolf is an associate professor of economics at the University of Vermont and principal in Northern Economic Consulting. They spoke with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about getting by on low wages.