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4 in 5 in US face near-poverty, no work
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:46 pm
by katsung47
4 in 5 in US face near-poverty, no work
HOPE YENJuly 28, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream.
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4 in 5 in US face near-poverty, no work
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:25 pm
by tude dog
So katfung, what we should make of this?
4 in 5 in US face near-poverty, no work
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:34 pm
by LarsMac
That is a pretty lame article.
Sad what passes as news, these days.
4 in 5 in US face near-poverty, no work
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:05 pm
by katsung47
101M Get Food Aid from Federal Gov’t; Outnumber Full-Time Private Sector Workers
July 8, 2013 –
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that a total of 101,000,000 people currently participate in at least one of the 15 food programs offered by the agency, at a cost of $114 billion in fiscal year 2012.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 97,180,000 full-time private sector workers in 2012. The population of the U.S. is 316.2 million people, meaning nearly a third of Americans receive food aid from the government. - See more at:
101M Get Food Aid from Federal Gov’t; Outnumber Full-Time Private Sector Workers | CNS News