Lucia Mutikani
Reuters

WASHINGTON – Chaun Frost ran up her credit cards when the U.S. economy was booming, and now the single mother is paying a heavy price.

To service her debt and buy food for her two children, she has taken a second job selling pizza on weekends and some week nights, supplementing the $2,200 a month she earns from her job coordinating volunteers at a children’s hospital.

“We have been hurt by the current state that the economy is in,” said Frost, 32. “I am part of the new working poor.”
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