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95 The number of hours the average minimum-wage worker in the U.S must work (2.4 full time jobs) to afford a one-bedroom rental home at the fair market rent.

Fewer people are accessing the benefits they need, The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program served approximately one third as many households in 2020 as it did in 1996, leaving families trapped in poverty and housing insecurity.
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Between 2021 and 2024, the peak annual pay gains for low income workers ($2,936) were less than half of the increases provided for the highest earners ($7,387).
https://endhomelessness.org/income-isnt-keeping-up-with-housing-costs/


The war in Iran costs America two billion dollars each day, says war budgeting expert Linda Bilmes—and will cost at least one trillion overall.
Home Faculty & Research Policy Topics International Relations & Security
April 7, 2026
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/international-relations-security/why-war-iran-so-expensive