Working-Age Adults Make Up Record Share Of US Poor - AP

[WillyT]

Working-age adults make up record share of US poor
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press
2 hours ago

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Working-age America is the new face of poverty.

Census figures show the new working-age poor represent nearly 3 out of 5 poor people, the highest share on record. They include adults 18-64 who were laid off in the recent recession as well as single twenty-somethings still looking for jobs.

It's a shift from the early 1970s when children made up the main impoverished group. Demographers say the now-weakened economy and limited government safety net for workers are playing a factor.

When new census figures for 2010 are released next week, analysts expect a continued increase in the overall poverty rate due to persistently high unemployment last year.

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[dixiegrrrrl]

1. They are intentionally creating a downward wage race, a permanent serf class.

[bengalherder]

2. K&R n/t