All Time Record Level of Severe Poverty
All Time Record Level of Severe Poverty
From angrybearblog.com
September 17th, 2010
angrybearblog.com — The Census Bureau has released estimates of poverty in 2009. Coverage focused on the headline poverty rate which is horrible enough. Much worse, 6.3% of people in the USA suffered severe poverty, that is lived in households with income less than half the poverty line. This is the highest severe poverty rate on record.
I blame welfare reform.


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