More than 49 million Americans — even more than thought — live in poverty, new measure finds | The Lookout - Yahoo! News

Your friend t-tang50@sbcglobal.net has shared a link with you. Personal message: Hot news More than 49 million Americans — even more than thought — live in poverty, new measure finds | The Lookout - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/more-49-million-americans-even-more-thought-live-172552290.html In September, the government reported that a record 46.6 million Americans were living in poverty. But a new report released Monday by the Census Bureau using a more sophisticated method to measure poverty rates has found that the true figure is even higher: 49.1 million, or 16 percent of all Americans. It's not just the [...] Read the full story