Nearly One In Four Children in the USA live in Poverty..MSNBC

[Stuart G]

http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/24/nearly-one-in-four-american-children-in-poverty-report-finds/

Nearly one in four American children in poverty, report finds Nearly one in four American children is living in poverty despite national gains in health and education, according to a report released Monday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, accounting for data through 2011.
The national poverty rate among children stood at 23% in 2011, or 16.4 million children, the report found. The 2011 data represented an increase of more than three million children in the past six years..........another Link on this subject: http://www.childrensdefense.org/chil...in-america.pdf Now.....If you read this second link, you will see that there has been an increase of child poverty in the U.S.A. since the year 2000..A 35 percent increase..how sad..

[RainDog]

1. the rich and powerful in this nation are shameful n/t