Poverty rate in US at all time high

[Charles]

Keep feeding the monkey...

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Record number of Americans living in poverty

Census Bureau says 43.6 million people in 2009, up near 4 million in a year

Read all about it.

[Charles]

Then again, some question how the statistics are measured.

Are the calculations flawed?

Well, when you send millions of quality jobs overseas, prop up banks and financial institutions with taxpayer dollars, assault the middle class for decades on end, it's no surprise that the number of poor people in the US continues to rise.

[jeffnevins]

Wow- I feel we are living in difficult times, but there is still hope. Thanks for the post.