Today, millions of Americans are struggling to stay economically afloat.
Many of them are working full-time, but they cannot make their paychecks
stretch to pay the bills for basic necessities. What has come of the
American Dream that if you work hard and play by the rules, you will
prosper? This issue book presents three perspectives on the question of
what can be done to ease the financial problems that plague both the
working poor and many middle-class families.