Poverty for American Families on the Rise — Personal Voices
This week we all saw grim statistics documenting how poverty is increasing for many more Americans: more than 46 million live below the federal poverty line. What is that line? $11,139/year for an individual, and$22,314/year for a family of four. Can you imagine living on that sum in a big city, where everything costs even more?
It confirms what we know when we look around in our own lives — longer periods of unemployment among friends and family, salaries cut but with more responsibilities for those still lucky enough to have a job, lack of
