39Million Americans in Working Poor Families

[Thrill]

WASHINGTON - One in every five U.S. jobs pays less than a poverty-level wage for a family of four, according to a study by the nonpartisan Working Poor Families Project.



The result of so many low-paying jobs is that nearly 39 million Americans, including 20 million children, are members of "low-income working families" — with barely enough money to cover basic needs like housing, groceries and child care, the study found.

The study classified a "working family" as one in which there was one or more children and at least one family member had a job or was actively seeking work.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=6&u=/ap/20041012/ap_on_re_us/low_income_families_4

Don't forget to bring this up Wednesday.

Sad

[Amich]

1. I am one of them. It is almost not worth me working.

I spend more on child care then I spend on food, electric, water, phone, and all my other bills combined except rent. Luckily my oldest started kindergarten this year so I only pay for part time on one and full on the other. instead of full time for both. I am hanging on by my finger nails. It is very scary to think about, but at least I'm still able to hang on.

[Aunt Anti-bush]

2. You're not alone.

I think we're all in the same circumstances, unfortunately. Even those of us who are used to living comfortably are now hanging on with shoestring budgets now. Hope is on the way for all of us.

Welcome to DU, by the way.

[durablend]

3. It's the republican plan for prosperity...

THEIR prosperity.

Smart bunch they are...bleed the middle class and poor people dry then deny them flu shots so they croak over the winter when nobody will notice. Then they'll off those they don't bump off with the flu by jacking up their heating fuel so high that they can't afford it and freeze to death.

Simply BRILLIANT!!!!

:puke:

[Aunt Anti-bush]

5. Unfortunately

That is the truth. There are so many people I know, most of them from work (all of us work full time, too) who are afraid they're not going to be able to afford to heat their homes and who can't get the flu shot. This is sickening.

[Thrill]

4. Kick

Kerry MUST bring this up tomorrow