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ROY ALLUMS holds the hourly wage he receives as a worker in a Fairview, Pa., plastics plant. Allums and his wife, Sherry, struggle to make their house payment and provide for their two grandchildren on the wage he earns and the Social Security supplement they get for the grandchildren. The couple is looking forward to Easter dinner – Sherry plans to splurge by buying hamburger that’s 80 percent lean rather than the usual 70 percent they use.



