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Imagine a number so significant that it changes everything we think we know about economic stability in Washington state. That number is 37 percent. In the halls of our legislature, this isn't just another dry statistic; it is what some call the death zone of economic mobility. To understand it, we have to look past the old-fashioned, outdated definitions of poverty that most of us are used to. When the government tells us how many people are struggling, they often point to the Federal Poverty Level. But that number is a relic from the sixties. It fails to account for the skyrocketing costs of modern life—like the actual price of rent, the exorbitant cost of child care, or the reality of health insurance premiums. That is where the ALICE acronym comes in. ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, and Employed. These are people who go to work every single day, often holding down two jobs, yet they still cannot afford the bare minimum survival budget for their county

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