Lorena is always late for work because she cannot afford to keep a car and has to take public transportation to work. The public transportation is consistently less reliable because of citywide budget cuts which were necessary due to a loss of state and federal funding. Lorena, and many others like her, are often left waiting for an hour or more. Lorena loses her job because she has been late to work too many times. She also is evicted from her apartment because she can no longer pay rent without a job. C. Wright Mills would say Lorena’s situation is ______.
A. a personal trouble
B. a public issue of social milieu
C. a personal trouble and a social issue
D. a historical fact
C. a personal trouble and a social issue
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