Post by Tomspy77 on Dec 25, 2013 22:00:24 GMT -6
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/24/christmas-working-poor_n_4494631.html?ir=Business&ref=topbar
Rachel Britton had hoped to buy her family a ham for Christmas. It didn't have to be perfectly glazed or have all the fixings.
But she won't be able to afford it. Britton and her husband, Terry, and 11-year-old son Justin, are living on a net income of about $10,000 a year, she told The Huffington Post. The family, from Wise, Va., will have a modest Christmas at Britton's mother's house, where they recently moved to save money and help provide care. The family will probably be eating Christmas dinner from a food pantry.
"It's embarrassing," Britton said. "At first I thought it was just for people who are lazy or homeless, but then I started thinking about it and we're doing everything we can and we're still coming up short."
The family of three fell on extra-hard times in April. Terry Britton, who does overnight maintenance work at a Walmart store, had been picking up extra time and was working 39 hours per week. But in the spring, the retailer told him he had to work part time at 32 hours. Walmart spokesman Kory Lundberg said Britton was hired as a part-time employee, but part-timers can work extra hours when they are available.
But she won't be able to afford it. Britton and her husband, Terry, and 11-year-old son Justin, are living on a net income of about $10,000 a year, she told The Huffington Post. The family, from Wise, Va., will have a modest Christmas at Britton's mother's house, where they recently moved to save money and help provide care. The family will probably be eating Christmas dinner from a food pantry.
"It's embarrassing," Britton said. "At first I thought it was just for people who are lazy or homeless, but then I started thinking about it and we're doing everything we can and we're still coming up short."
The family of three fell on extra-hard times in April. Terry Britton, who does overnight maintenance work at a Walmart store, had been picking up extra time and was working 39 hours per week. But in the spring, the retailer told him he had to work part time at 32 hours. Walmart spokesman Kory Lundberg said Britton was hired as a part-time employee, but part-timers can work extra hours when they are available.
