America's "Near Poor" Are Increasingly at Economic Risk
Americans on the lower rungs of the economic ladder have always been exposed to sudden ruin. But in recent years, with the soaring costs of housing and medical care and a decline in low-end wages and benefits, tens of millions are living on even shakier ground than before, according to studies of what some scholars call the "near poor."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050806N.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050806N.shtml
rudkla - 8. Mai, 22:32
