… a job and they may not be counted as an unemployed, but they are deeply underemployed. And you see it on the number of people living below the poverty line. In Iowa, their unemployment rate is 2 point something, but 20% of people are living below the poverty line. There's your disconnect. They can't put together enough hours, they can't put together high enough pay to actually provide for their families. (35:18–35:27)
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Asserts that despite low unemployment, 20% of Iowans live below the poverty line.
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