On a recent summer night, the scene inside the Fassi home in Goffstown, New Hampshire was idyllic. As Chuck Fassi doled out slices of watermelon to his wife, Jodie, and daughter, Janelle, talk turned to the state of the Democratic presidential field.
A year ago, though, this family was struggling.
“I actually was unemployed,” Chuck Fassi said. “I had lost my job working for a company for 14 years.”Chuck had worked servicing restaurant equipment. His involuntary joblessness sent him into a deep depression and left his wife Jodie — who runs her own cleaning company and also manages the family finances […]
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