Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Poverty to Keep Rising due to Slow Recovery: Study

It will continue to rise if Obama is re-elected because he can't even utter the word...poverty:

Nearly 10 million more Americans have been driven into poverty since the 2007-2009 recession began, and the number is expected to increase due to the slow pace of the recovery, according to a study released Wednesday by Indiana University.

The study found the number of Americans living in poverty grew to 46.2 million in 2010, up 27 percent from 36.5 million in 2006, the year before the start of the recession. During the same period, the U.S. population increased 3.3 percent.
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