Features By Dan Gorenstein
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It’s not just your income, it’s your assets
More than 40 percent of Americans are too "asset poor" to weather a job loss for three months.
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IRS may have money waiting for you
Today is Earned Income Tax Credit Day, which highlights the benefit for low- and moderate-wage earners.
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Unemployment workers speak on benefits debate
Job counselors say most unemployed workers are serious job searchers. If Congress doesn't extend benefits, they want more ways to counsel and train the jobless.
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The jobless speak on extending their benefits
Some economists say long-term benefits help the unemployed avoid reality: They're never going to get the pay they used to.
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Nation's food banks stretched thin
Food pantries and soup kitchens are seeing increased demand from the needy. At the same time, food prices are rising and charitable donations are down.
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Congress could cut back on heating assistance to the poor
Cutting $1 billion from the heating program would leave two million households without aid.
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State senator mulls competing budget priorities
New Hampshire Senate President Peter Bragdon knows popular state programs will need to be cut. The hard part is deciding which ones.
