US poverty rate at 15 per cent in 2011; record numbers of poor persist

US poverty rate at 15 per cent in 2011; record numbers of poor persist

The report comes less than two months before the Novem­ber pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, where the still-weak U.S. econ­o­my is the top issue for vot­ers decid­ing between the lead­ing can­di­dates, Pres­i­dent Barack Obama and Repub­li­can Mitt Rom­ney. Experts had … http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/us-poverty-rate-at-15-per-cent-in-2011-record-numbers-of-poor-persist-169483156.html