2010 Census Bureau figures recently revealed that the US poverty level had skyrocketed and noted that the population of poor Americans had climbed to 46.2 million. A new studyreleased today by Indiana University compounds that bad news by predicting that things are likely to get worse before they get better.
A soup kitchen in Detroit. The report said Michigan had one of the highest rates of poverty, with minorities among the hardest hit. Photograph: Mark Blinch/Reuters As reported by The Guardian:
The report warns that the numbers will continue to rise, because although the recession is technically over, its continued impact on cuts to welfare budgets and the quality of new, often poorly paid, jobs can be expected to force many more people in to poverty. It is also difficult for those already under water to get back up again.
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