United States Census data and other publicly available records tell us we may be in worse shape now than most people would believe. Consider these shocking statistics:
- The Census Bureau reports that in 84 percent of our largest metropolitan areas,the percentage of “very poor” people increased during 2010;
- The number of people who fell into poverty in 2010,2.6 million people,was the largest recorded increase since records were first kept in 1959;
- The number of “poor” has risen from 11.3 percent in 2000 to 15.1 percent today;
- During 2010,the poverty rate for children hit 22 percent;
- In at least 314 American counties,a minimum of 30 percent of children live with daily food insecurity;
- School lunch programs are an indispensible part of the daily food intake for more than 20 million children;
- More than 45 million Americans live on food stamps;
- Since the Democrats took control of Congress in 2007,the number of people on food stamps has jumped 74 percent;
- Current projections say that approximately 50 percent of all American children will on food stamps at some point before he or she reaches 18….
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