Getting poorer while working harder: The 'cliff effect'
- Written by Susan R. Crandall, Director, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Average Walmart workers make twice the federal minimum wage but may still qualify for public benefits.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Forty percent of all working-age Americans sometimes struggle to pay their monthly bills.
There is no place in the country where a family supported by one minimum-wage worker with a full-time job can live and afford a...
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