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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3522535" data-attributes="member: 56035">troubles in paradise:<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-18/nearly-51-million-households-united-states-cant-afford-basics-rent-and-food" target="_blank">Nearly 51 Million Households In The United States &quot;Can&#039;t Afford Basics Like Rent And Food&quot;</a>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 <a href="https://www.unitedwayalice.org/" target="_blank">study</a>released Thursday by the United Way ALICE Project. That’s 43% of households in the United States.Of course the biggest reason why so many American families are struggling is the lack of good jobs.In America today, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/17/news/economy/us-middle-class-basics-study/index.html" target="_blank">66 percent</a> of all jobs pay less than 20 dollars an hour.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3522535, member: 56035"] troubles in paradise: [URL="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-18/nearly-51-million-households-united-states-cant-afford-basics-rent-and-food"]Nearly 51 Million Households In The United States "Can't Afford Basics Like Rent And Food"[/URL] [B]Nearly 51 million households[/B] 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 [URL='https://www.unitedwayalice.org/']study[/URL]released Thursday by the United Way ALICE Project. [B]That’s 43% of households in the United States.[/B] Of course the biggest reason why so many American families are struggling is the lack of good jobs. [B][I]In America today, [URL='http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/17/news/economy/us-middle-class-basics-study/index.html']66 percent[/URL] of all jobs pay less than 20 dollars an hour.[/I][/B] [/QUOTE]

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