Chris Harris, PhD
1 min readMay 27, 2019

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Well it specifically says 39 per cent having trouble with food affordability in this American Progress story, to which Umair’s link is busted incidentally:

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/reports/2018/03/07/447412/ensuring-basic-living-standards/ To quote:

48 percent of voters report a serious problem with “finding a decent job with good wages.

  • “42 percent of voters report a serious problem “paying a credit card balance.
  • “39 percent of voters report a serious problem with “being unable to get medical care because of the cost.
  • “39 percent of voters report a serious problem with “having too little money to buy food.
  • “36 percent of voters report a serious problem with “falling behind in gas, electric, or phone bills.
  • “28 percent of voters report a serious problem with “falling behind in rent or mortgage payments.

These undoubtedly overlap, i.e. it would be the same 40 per cent ticking most of the boxes every time.

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Chris Harris, PhD
Chris Harris, PhD

Written by Chris Harris, PhD

I am an urban historian from Aotearoa New Zealand. With an engineering background, I also have a PhD in planning and economics.

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