It's Not Like I'm Poor: How Working Families Make Ends Meet in a Post-Welfare World
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: Jan 14, 2015
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780520275348
Description: "This book chronicles the impact of the sweeping transformation of the social safety net that occurred in the mid-1990s. With the dramatic expansion of tax credits--a combination of the Earned Income Tax Credit and other refunds--the economic fortunes of the working poor have been bolstered as never before. 'It's Not Like I'm Poor' looks at how working families plan to use their annual windfall to build up savings, go back to school, and send their kids to college. But dreams of economic mobility are often dashed by the reality of making monthly ends meet on meager wages."--Provided by publisher.