mzmullerz

wearethe99percent:

My husband and I have been married just over a year. We live in a small, one-bedroom apartment that costs us $450 a month. I got demoted and received a cut in hours in July the day before I gave birth to our first child, a daughter, whom we had to place for adoption because we make too much by government standards to receive any help, yet we barely have enough each month to get by. My husband works full-time for just over minimum wage, and I work part-time for just over minimum wage. Neither of us are happy with our jobs, yet there is nothing available that won’t pay less than what we currently “earn”. I received a letter stating that I am no longer eligible for benefits at work because I am no longer full-time.

We are the 99%