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Example sentences for: working-poor

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And for many "working-poor" families, day-care expenses are an enormous burden.
But if a working-poor American sees food stamps as an undignified handout, that judgment, too, deserves respect.
We can say it because, by definition and in practice, working-poor mothers aren't in the "underclass."
Until then, if working-poor people think they need food stamps and want to claim them, fine--the states shouldn't make that difficult (as some, allegedly, have done).