Almost half of US families can’t afford basics like rent and food

将近 51 million households don’t earn enough to afford a monthly budget that includes housing, 食物, child care, 卫生保健, transportation and a cell phone, 根据一个 研究 released Thursday by the United Way ALICE Project. 这是 43% of households in the United States. The figure includes the 16.1 million households living in poverty, 以及 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.” 阅读更多…