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u.s. census poverty
Thursday, Sep. 16, 2010

Open quoteThe poverty rate is bad, and is going to get worse and remain high the rest of the decade.Close quote

  • ISABEL SAWHILL,
  • a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, after the U.S. Census Bureau released a report showing that the country's poverty rate in 2009 was 14.3%, the highest level in 15 years
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