It is unfortunate that so many fall into this category. There are so many people that have to work 2 and 3 jobs just to make ends meet. In the event of an emergency, they are completely screwed. I don't know what the real answer is, but I do know we have to do something more than what we are doing. Too many people have been hurting for too long. This is not the America that I fell in love with.
Recently Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, stated what most of us know, long-term unemployment is a national crisis. Our slowly recovering economy is not producing enough jobs and the number of poor children and families continues to grow. Many poor families have at least one working parent but can’t keep their heads above water and their children above poverty.
The Children’s Defense Fund asked reporter Julia Cass to visit families across the country like the Harper family of Columbus, Ohio, to see how children were being affected by economic downturn. Sixteen-year-old Haleigh said her biggest concern over the last few months has been “not knowing what the next day is going to bring. It’s not knowing like whether we’re going to have …” her sister Lindsey, 14, finished the sentence: “Food in the house”. The girls’ mother lost her job, and although their father is still working hard, he’s making less than he used to, and his hours have just been cut back.
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