Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · Jan 6 👉 Reducing child poverty will also require confronting the low-wage employment regime sustained by an inadequate wage floor. About 67 million workers earn less than $25/hour, a threshold considerably lower than the hourly earnings of a typical worker had their pay kept pace with productivity. 4/
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Due to structural racism, less than half of Black and Hispanic adults with enough savings to cover 3 months of expenses in case of an emergency. A savings vehicle without continued government support will only deepen existing inequities for poor families. 5/