Based on the passage, which of the following details supports the idea that the current economy

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is failing fast-food workers? Select TWO correct answers.
There are not enough temporary jobs available.
The economy does not produce enough decent jobs to move into.
Fast-food workers are not willing to acquire new skills.
Most workers have a stable career path.
Policies have shifted to favor higher-income individuals.

[1] WASHINGTON – Walkouts and protests by fast-food workers demanding higher wages and
collective bargaining rights began last November and spread to 60 cities nationwide at the end of
August.
[2] It is an inspiring grass-roots movement led by some of the nation's most underpaid employees,
and should be supported by everyone who has a sense of fairness.
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[5] How are they supposed to survive on about $9 an hour - their average wage - with many making
the current federal minimum of just $7.25?
[6] Obviously, they are not just there temporarily before advancing to higher-paying jobs with
benefits: our deformed economy is not producing enough decent jobs to which they could move. In
fact, nearly half of employed college graduates say that their jobs do not require a college degree.
[7] Fast-food workers are suffering for the same reasons that the majority of employees have lost
ground for decades: the rules of the economy have been rewritten against them.
[8] It is not primarily "technological change" or "skills mismatches" that have caused the richest 1
percent of Americans to double their share of total income from 10 percent in 1980 to 20 percent in
2011. It is because the link between productivity growth - increasing output per employee – and
wage growth has been broken. If even the federal minimum wage had increased with productivity
and inflation since 1968 – as it had done in prior decades – it would be $17 per hour today instead
of a meager $7.25.

Answer 1

The details that support the idea that the current economy is failing fast-food workers are:

1. The economy does not produce enough decent jobs to move into.
2. Policies have shifted to favor higher-income individuals.

These points highlight the lack of opportunities for advancement and the systemic issues that disadvantage fast-food workers.