From USA TODAY:
The rate of children living in poverty this year will climb to nearly 22%, the highest rate in two decades, according to an analysis by the non-profit Foundation for Child Development. Nearly 17% of children were living in poverty in 2006, before the recession began….
The report projects that the percentage of children living in families with an “insecure” source of food has risen from about 17% in 2007 to nearly 18% in 2010, an increase of 750,000 children. Up to 500,000 children may be homeless this year, living either in shelters or places not meant for habitation….
Children could suffer long after the recession ends, Palfrey says. A pregnant woman with poor nutritionis more likely to deliver prematurely, for example, increasing the risks that her child will have medical problems. “The consequences of poverty build on themselves,” Palfrey says, “so that the outcomes can be felt for years to come.” …
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What? Poor kids. Impossible. I was there when we started the “war on poverty”. Do you mean to tell me despite spending ourselves into deep debt we still have poor kids? Let’s stop trying to fix it and let their parents solve the problem. After all, it’s their children.