Increase in American Poverty Rates Expected

New Census reports will be issued next week and one of the expected developments will be the documentation of increases in the poverty rates in the nation, a consequence of the recession the nation is still going through. Some predictions point to the possibility that the poverty rate will rise to 15%, approaching the levels in existence in the 1960s, before the War on Poverty policies were implemented.

Let's keep in mind the origins of the recession and the pre-existing trend towards greater inequality in the nation before laying all the blame on the Democrats.