Have to agree with accroy, before I retired 8-21-02. My buisness had jobs, with benefits paying $19-$22/hr loading cargo. Easy work, not heavy cargo, just show up, and lift some light weight stuff. We absolutely could not fill the jobs. People would should up, work for a couple weeks and then disappear. In northern Ky. if you are able-bodied and you are poor, you are likely very stupid and lazy. $45,000 a year for an easy job in low cost of living Ky. would not keep people working.