Many people were in a rough spot before the pandemic, This issue isn’t talked about enough most good jobs today have unrealistically high experience/qualifications that exempt people who could learn the role within a couple of weeks the opportunity of making a living wage.
Overall inflation has exasperated this issue and has left to bottom half of America clinching onto their financial health…often times living with 4 plus working adults in a single household to still be only making ends meet.
The true living wage vs what the government defines as a poverty line is off by thousands. True living wage today.