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  • Severe poverty in U.S. hits high

    03/02/2007 3:11:24 PM PST · by MovementConservative · 77 replies · 1,180+ views
    The Buffalo News ^ | 2/25/2007 | By TONY PUGH
    WASHINGTON - The percentage of poor Americans who are living in severe poverty has reached a 32-year high, millions of working Americans are falling closer to the poverty line and the gulf between the nation's "haves" and "have-nots" continues to widen. A McClatchy Newspapers analysis of the 2005 census figures, the latest available, found that nearly 16 million Americans are living in deep or severe poverty. A family of four with two children and an annual income of less than $9,903 - half the federal poverty line - was considered severely poor in 2005. So were individuals who made less...