Why does America have so many poor people?

Millions of jobs have been created in the US economy, but many Americans still live in poverty. Who are they? For nearly six years, the US economy has been generating huge numbers of jobs: nearly two million a year. read more

US is the land of opportunity, the land where hard work will lead to successful life. There are poor Americans because they either don’t work hard, live beyond their means, live a life of self destruction or any combination of them. read more

According to the Brookings study: They are typically U.S.-born, white and living in a family. Many of them are children. Over 10 percent of children younger than 6 live in families in deep poverty. Single-mother families and individuals are at greatest risk of falling into deep poverty. read more

A family with bags from a service that provides for people in need in Oswego, N.Y., last month. Credit Spencer Platt/Getty Images . RONALD REAGAN famously said, “We fought a war on poverty and poverty won.” With 46 million Americans — 15 percent of the population — now counted as poor, it’s tempting to think he may have been right. read more