Poverty at home
"America’s poverty rate is now at its highest level in two generations. Contrary to the American Dream of broad-based upward mobility, the United States ranks 10th out 12 OECD countries in social mobility. In addition, our country has the highest proportion of low-wage workers of any developed country — people who work hard but earn less than $10.50 an hour and are barely able to make ends meet."
"More than 100 million Americans —1 in 3 of us — live in or near poverty, struggling every day. We need a lively national conversation about how we can right this wrong.
Ending poverty must and will occur as a result of deliberate and equitable fiscal choices and policies – not blunt chopping instruments. This must be the overriding goal of our society and our budgets."
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/poverty-at-home-89516.html
