Former construction worker Richard Scanlon is disabled, but he says many able-bodied friends are out of work.

前建筑工人richard Scanlon身患残疾，但他表示很多身体健全的朋友都丢掉了工作。

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In normal circumstances an unemployed, able-bodied worker below that level gets food stamps for no more than three months in a three-year period.

ECONOMIST: Poverty looms for the long-term unemployed