In 2021, USA was the world's largest economy in ranking with a GDP of 23 trillions US dollars. So , we can say poverty is dark side of this no.1 ranking .
Not below minimum wage it appears. But pretty low average annual salary for that type of back-breaking work: https://www.talent.com/salary?job=farm+worker ($29,250)
Also interesting (bad) news: " Inflation Is Making Poverty in the U.S. Even More Difficult [...] Despite commitments from the Fed to slow it down, the national inflation rate has continued to rise, reaching 9.1% in the latest Consumer Price Index report, a four-decade high. Prices for food, housing and energy — the three biggest expenses for Americans — have increased 10.1%, 14.1% and nearly 50%, respectively. [...] Nationwide rental prices have skyrocketed this year, up nearly 14.1%, according to the July 2022 Apartment List National Rent Report. [...] Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, told Newsweek that these prices are unsustainable, and will lead to a rise in evictions and homelessness, "With the exorbitant rent hikes lately," she said, "more and more of the lowest income people will fall into homelessness." "The housing market is like a game of musical chairs," Yentel said, "and when the music stops, it is always the people with the lowest or with no incomes that are left standing without a home." "
One thing is sure. Joe Biden's economic policies are impoverishing all Americans. The filthy rich do not care because they can still have a nice life. If you work a 9 to 5 job, you will struggle as the price of gas, food, medicine, services, etc. all go up. Your income is static. Being retired, that is why I trade the stockmarket. Any monies I earn, I can spend on myself and my family as I wish.
%% LOL\sounds like sarcasm; actually i admire a TX -Mex for pickin' berries or grapes in the sunshine BoUGHT some strawberries for $1 a pac/pound this year= Short + Sweet Brand. WE had a good child hood\picked black berries in the hot July sun for nothing, except personal pleasure + private sector home health benefits. Hispanics never panic pickin' in heat; brown skin helps. [NOTa racial insult/ they were created that way mostly.]