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.
(Score: 3, Informative) by unauthorized on Monday May 21 2018, @07:05PM (1 child)
I am well aware of what trolling is, but I do not accept that any adult person will be upset by such a trivial remark unless they have serious emotional stability issues. Either GGP is one of the worst trolls in existence, or they were genuinely not trolling.
Snark is not trolling.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 21 2018, @10:59PM
S'OK! I modded it back down. I really, really disagree with that post. No one should have to read it. It really effected by emotional and mental stability issues. Seriously. Also, it is not a very popular post. Trust me, I have been troll-modded enough to recognize what is unpopular!!