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Almost Half of US Families Can't Afford Basics Like Rent and Food

posted by janrinok on Monday May 21 2018, @08:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the richest-country-in-the-world dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/17/news/economy/us-middle-class-basics-study/index.html

"Nearly 51 million households don't earn enough to afford a monthly budget that includes housing, food, child care, health care, transportation and a cell phone, according to a study released Thursday by the United Way ALICE Project. That's 43% of households in the United States."

The figure includes the 16.1 million households living in poverty, as well as the 34.7 million families that the United Way has dubbed ALICE -- Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. This group makes less than what's needed "to survive in the modern economy."

"Despite seemingly positive economic signs, the ALICE data shows that financial hardship is still a pervasive problem," said Stephanie Hoopes, the project's director.

California, New Mexico and Hawaii have the largest share of struggling families, at 49% each. North Dakota has the lowest at 32%.

Many of these folks are the nation's child care workers, home health aides, office assistants and store clerks, who work low-paying jobs and have little savings, the study noted. Some 66% of jobs in the US pay less than $20 an hour.

See also: https://www.forbes.com/sites/noahkirsch/2017/11/09/the-3-richest-americans-hold-more-wealth-than-bottom-50-of-country-study-finds/

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday May 21 2018, @04:31PM (5 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday May 21 2018, @04:31PM (#682251) Journal

    Don't waste your time. Runaway is an ancestral Red-piller, one of the ones who got old and fat and lazy (and somehow, MARRIED...*shudder*) before the bile and anger and disdain he has for women could make him truly dangerous, but he still thinks of us all as inherently confused and irrational.

    He doesn't actually understand any of the things you said, will not read your post to make the effort to anyway, and would rather sit there with his fingers in his ears going "Hurrr, bitches, amirite?" than change his thinking, such as it is, the smallest little bit.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 21 2018, @11:07PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 21 2018, @11:07PM (#682434)

    Quit pretending that you know anything about the typical female experience.

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday May 22 2018, @04:07AM (3 children)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday May 22 2018, @04:07AM (#682523) Journal

      How the fuck does that follow from what I just said? And I know a damn sight more than you do, on account of BEING ONE, if nothing else.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 22 2018, @06:22PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 22 2018, @06:22PM (#682743)

        A real girl on SN? Hey babe wanna go get some corn flakes upstairs sometime?

        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday May 22 2018, @06:49PM (1 child)

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday May 22 2018, @06:49PM (#682757) Journal

          First of all, I haven't been a "girl" for 14+ years. Second, cut it out. I'm already taken and no one but my girlfriend calls me "babe."

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 22 2018, @09:14PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 22 2018, @09:14PM (#682803)

            Sheesh fine then sweet cheeks :P No joke goes unpunished! I thought the "upstairs cornflakes" would sell it but then again you probably are imagining that I'm a TMB wannabe trying to mess with you. Just a joke I thought you'd chuckle at :(