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Half of America Is in or Damn Near Close to Living in Poverty

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Recent reports have documented the growing rates of impoverishment in the U.S., and new information surfacing in the past 12 months shows that the trend is continuing, and probably worsening. 

Congress should be filled with guilt -- and shame -- for failing to deal with the enormous wealth disparities that are turning our country into the equivalent of a 3rd-world nation. 


Half of Americans Make Less than a Living Wage 

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