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Social assistance programs such as EITC and SNAP, and especially Social Security, have significantly reduced poverty levels for low-income Americans and their families.
The best pathway out of poverty is a well-paying job.
In the late 1960s, a full-time worker earning the minimum wage could lift a family of three out of poverty.Lifting minum wage to support familys
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Answer:when there is no hope one will create something that will bring them hope , ' the glass castle ' was used by her dad as a glimpse of hope in a gloomy situation that Jeannette and her family were facing and it was also a way to escape reality by focusing on the idea that one day they may live in such a castle .
Jeanette is now all grown up and she now sees the reality of life as it is and she can't be tricked anymore or believe in an idea which will never come true .
She has also seen that her father actions or behaviour will never change as they have not been any change in her dad since she was young , he still drinks and keep them in old broken houses so she is actual facing reality that this will never happen .
She has to take herself out or she will never come out .
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1. erratic - unpredictable. key word in the text is inconsistent.
2. refuge - something that shelters. key word - shelters
3. fortify - to strengthen against an attack. key words - against disease
4. forfeit - to give up. key words - bribes & good names
5. isolate - to be set apart. key words - prison & from the rest of society
6. reminisce - to think about past. key words - graduation & four years
7. illuminate - to brighten. key words - candles & night
8. dialog - conversation between two or more people. key points - quotation marks
9. extensive - to a full extent. key words - every surface
10. urban - city-like. key words - difference & country.
