| The Truth about poverty in America: The image of the poor as an entrenched underclass, impoverished for years at a time is false. it is a highly misleading picture of its more widespread and dynamic nature.* nearly 40 percent of Americans between the ages of 25 and 60 will experience at least one year below the official poverty line during that period and 54 percent will spend a year in poverty or near poverty * Two-thirds of those below the poverty line identified themselves as white -- a number that has held rather steady over the past several decades. * Households in poverty can be found throughout urban and suburban landscapes, small towns and communities across rural America. *Our poverty rate is almost twice the European average.The US is one of the few developed nations without universal health care, affordable child care, reasonably priced low-income housing. |
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