This simultaneously sickens, saddens, and infuriates me:
The Census Bureau has reported that 43.6 million Americans, or 14.3 percent, were officially in poverty last year. That's up from the 2008 total of 39.8 million, or 13.2 percent. Children were hit especially hard, with 20.7 percent of American children living in poverty in 2009.
This is unacceptable. Anything over zero should be considered unacceptable here in the richest country in the world.
Meanwhile, as so many of our children go hungry, the corporate CEOs continue to ship U.S. jobs overseas as they rake in obscene salaries and bonuses.
And the bankers who caused this recession are doing just fine, thank you very much.
And their Republican pawns in Congress will continue to do all they can to maintain the status quo. Can't let the little people upset their golden apple cart.
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