The Working Poor

A policy brief from The Working Poor Families Project reports that 32 percent of families in the United States with a defined work effort are considered to be low income.  That means 200 percent of the poverty level or below ($45,622 for a family of four with two children in 2011). That is an increase of four percentage points since 2007.  Ten states saw an increase of five percentage points or more.

Update (January 24):  The Five-Step Process to Cheat the Middle Class Worker.

Update (February 6):  Alternet starts an ongoing series called Hard Times USA.  One fact:  137 million people (43.9 percent of the population) don't have enough money to live at the poverty level for three months in the event of a personal crisis.

Update (February 25):  4 Bogus Right-Wing Theories About Poverty.