A study published last year by two US economists showed slightly more than one in every 25 American households with children is surviving on less than $2 per day of income from all sources. The findings were originally published in June 2013 by Social Science Review, but have not been reported in the mainstream media.Titled, “Rising Extreme Poverty in the United States and the Response of Federal Means-Tested Transfer Programs,” the researchers reported that there has been “an increase in the prevalence of extreme poverty among US households with children between 1996 and 2011.” Furthermore, the study said, “The prevalence of extreme poverty has risen sharply since 1996, particularly among those most impacted by the 1996 welfare reform,” which was signed into law by President Bill Clinton and which embodied numerous elements of President Ronald Reagan’s views on poverty.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:04:47 +0000
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