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1 in 5 Millennials Live in Poverty, Census Bureau Says
Cybercast News Service ^ | December 15, 2014 - 1:09 PM | Ali Meyer

Posted on 12/16/2014 12:02:35 PM PST by Olog-hai

One in five young adults—ages 18 to 34 years old—live in poverty, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

“More millennials are living in poverty today, and they have lower rates of employment, compared with their counterparts in 1980,” the Census states. “One in five young adults lives in poverty (13.5 million people), up from one in seven (8.4 million people) in 1980.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: bhoeconomy; censusbureau; millennials; obama; obamalegacy; poverty
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To: Olog-hai
Next on the agenda: The Early Inheritance Act.

Since it's unfair to make millennials wait for their parents to croak before they get the inheritances they deserve, it will be taken from the parents now and transferred to the young ones who are so in need of it.

41 posted on 12/16/2014 2:33:57 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Uncle Miltie
What do you call a poor person in America? "My fellow Americans" or in Barry Obama's case "some folks."
42 posted on 12/16/2014 3:11:56 PM PST by Organic Panic
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