Wednesday, September 14, 2011

46 million Americans now living in poverty



Staggering figures were released today from the Census bureau relating to poverty data. In 2010, an additional 2.6 million people slipped below the poverty line. That makes the overall number of people living in poverty in the US a whopping 46.2 million, that's 15.1% of the country. Georgetown University's Christopher Chambers discusses.

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