U.S. poverty rate 15 percent; record numbers persist

U.S. poverty rate 15 percent; record numbers persist

by Hope Yen

WASHINGTON — The ranks of America's poor remain stuck at a record 15 percent, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday.
Roughly 46.2 million people remained below the poverty line in 2011, unchanged from 2010. The figure is the highest in more than a half-century.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/12/us-poverty-rate-unchanged-record-numbers-persist/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS