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These are members of an all but invisible class: one out of every four New York families, who earn between $28,000 and $35,000. ... Many working-class New Yorkers still long for that life - when wives did not have to go to work, a 40-hour week paid the bills, and it seemed possible to save enough money to buy a home.
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www.nytimes.com/1989/10/03/nyregion/working-class-famil...
www.nytimes.com/1989/10/03/nyregion/working-class-families-losing-middle-class-dreams.html
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Cavuto was stuck on the notion that working class people were getting something rich people weren't (funny how you never see him worrying when the shoe is on the other foot with rich people getting, ... West countered, "I think it’s important to understand that this isn’t just about helping these working families.
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www.newshounds.us/2009/09/08/neil_cavuto_worried_workin...
www.newshounds.us/2009/09/08/neil_cavuto_worried_working_class_families_will_get_a_break.php
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Whatever occupation a breadwinner had, the greatest fear of a working class family was that some illness or injury would befall him. Death and industrial accidents were much more common during this period than today, and there was no government assistance or public insurance to help families.
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www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/la/family.ht...
www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/la/family.html
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Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis reports on efforts to help middle class families by supporting legislation that will give millions more working Americans access to paid sick leave to care for themselves and their families.
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www.whitehouse.gov/strongmiddleclass/
www.whitehouse.gov/strongmiddleclass/
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A scholarship proposal that Governor Mitt Romney is touting to help working-class families would give the edge to richer school districts, a Globe analysis shows.
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www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/mcas/articles/2004/0...
www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/mcas/articles/2004/03/07/romneys_scholarship_plan_favors_richer_school_districts/
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Washington, D.C.- In an effort to address the shortcomings of the current federal poverty measure and inform efforts to expand the middle class, a new report from the Center for Economic and ... Home Press Center Press Releases Press Releases New Method Needed to Assess What Working-Class Families Need to Make Ends Mee...
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www.cepr.net/index.php/press-releases/press-releases/new-method-needed-to-assess-what-working-class-families-need-to-make-ends-meet/
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Caring for Elderly Parents: Juggling Work, Family, and Caregiving in Middle and Working Class Families; Merrill, Deborah M.; ... Based on open-ended interviews with adult children and children-in-law, this book documents how "plain folk" from the working and middle classes manage to provide care for their frail,
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doi.contentdirections.com/mr/greenwood.jsp?doi=10.1336/0865692696
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"My administration will be absolutely committed to the future of America's middle-class and working families. They will be front and center every day in our work in the White House. And this Task Force will be one vehicle we will use to ensure that we never forget that commitment.
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blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/12/obama_white_house_task_force_o.html
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