Poverty In The USA

The USA is the most developed capitalist country in the world yet recent figures released by the 2012 Census Data on Poverty reveal startling information about the plight of the poor in that country. 'US poverty (less than $19,090 for a family of three): 46.5 million people, 15 per cent. Children in poverty: 16.4 million, 23 per cent of all children, including 39.6 per cent of African-American children and 33.7 per cent of Latino children. Children are the poorest age group in the US. Deep poverty (less than $11,510 for a family of four): 20.4 million people, 1 in 15 Americans, including 7.1 million children.' (Moyes & Co, 24 July) These figures have been published by Greg Kaufmann, Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress and the former poverty correspondent for The Nation. RD