Byna die helfte van Amerikaanse gesinne kan nie basiese dinge soos huur en kos bekostig nie,en

Byna 51 million households don’t earn enough to afford a monthly budget that includes housing, voedsel, child care, gesondheidsorg, transportation and a cell phone, volgens 'n studie released Thursday by the United Way ALICE Project. Dit is 43% of households in the United States. The figure includes the 16.1 million households living in poverty, sowel as die 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.” Lees meer…