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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Half of Americans Are Effectively Poor Now. What The? [View all]csziggy
(34,131 posts)22. The information is from the United Way ALICE project
ALICE: A NEW LENS FOR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
This effort provides a framework, language, and tools to measure and understand the struggles of the growing number of households in our communities that do not earn enough to afford basic necessities, a population called ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed).
https://www.unitedforalice.org/national-comparison
This effort provides a framework, language, and tools to measure and understand the struggles of the growing number of households in our communities that do not earn enough to afford basic necessities, a population called ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed).
https://www.unitedforalice.org/national-comparison
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But, the stock market is at an all-time high, employment is the highest it's been in 50 years,
sop
Jun 2019
#4
Sorry to hear this regarding your situation. I just talked to a friend in his 50s, same predicta-..
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2019
#19
Good. Creeps deserved it (getting screwed). It is hard to combat. Got to prove it ...
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2019
#36
Shaking my head in sadness. It's too bad that you couldn't have taken a prolonged leave of leave...
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2019
#37
I suspected as much...a very difficult place to be...my best friend is an only child and he went...
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2019
#40
Trend that will continue until we can get Faux Noise Faithful to wake up to the facts that
lambchopp59
Jun 2019
#13
Yet we are constantly barraged with media accounts of how great the stock market is doing.
Snarkoleptic
Jun 2019
#14