Years after recession, many in U.S. still struggling, polls showCredit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson A girl looks at a food stand at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, California September 4, 2013. Twenty percent of U.S. adults – one in five – polled last month said that at times in the past year they did not have enough money to buy food for themselves or their families, according to Gallup’s findings.