U.S. Sees Highest Poverty Spike Since 1960s, 50 Million Americans Below the Line – Patriot Update

U.S. Sees Highest Poverty Spike Since 1960s, 50 Million Americans Below the Line – Patriot Update: "The U.S. Census Bureau puts the number of Americans in poverty at levels not seen since the mid-1960s when President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the federal government’s so-called War on Poverty. As President Barack Obama began his second term in January, nearly 50 million Americans — one in six — were living below the income line that defines poverty, according to the bureau. A family of four that earns less than $23,021 a year is listed as living in poverty. The bureau said 20 percent of the country’s children are poor."

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