Poverty rate jumps to 15-year high in 2009

How Can That Be??

With His Highness in The Oval Office? And Michelle "Antoinette" at his side?

The recession continues to take its toll on the American public, with the U.S. poverty rate jumping to 14.3 percent in 2009, according to the Census Bureau. The number is up from 13.2 percent the previous year, reaching the highest rate in 15 years. See more hereSwacGirl wonders how long before President Obama blames G.W.