18% of US children live in poverty - Democratic Underground

demobrit

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Wed Oct-05-05 12:36 PM
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18% of US children live in poverty

NEW DELHI: If Hurricane Katrina debunked the notion that poverty and hunger can occur in only the developing world and not in an economic superpower like the US, data on child poverty underline the point.
The US has the highest child poverty rate in the western world.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1250008.cms

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Arkansas Granny

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Wed Oct-05-05 01:21 PM
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1. What a shameful statistic. For some really good info on poverty

check this link: http://www.nccp.org/index.html

Gives info by state, employment level, etc.

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