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Kankar.peperonity.com
by Rakesh khudia.

'There now really is no unaffected group, except maybe the very top income earners'
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The ranks ofAmerica's poorest poor have climbed to a record high — 1 in 15 people — spread widelyacross metropolitan areas asthe housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and shriveled jobs and income.
New census data paint a stark portrait of the nation's haves and have-nots at a time when unemployment remains persistently high. It comes a week before the government releases first-ever economic data that will show more Hispanics, elderly and working-age poor have fallen into poverty.
In all, the numbers underscore the breadth and scope by which the downturn has reached further into mainstream America.


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