Poverty keeps increasing in the U.S.

after seeing it unvarnished, splashed all over tv screens for nearly two weeks, these statistics carry a little more weight than just numbers...

Four decades after a U.S. president declared war on poverty, more than 37 million people in the world's richest country are officially classified as poor and their number has been on the rise for years.

Last year, according to government statistics, 1.1 million Americans fell below the poverty line. That equals the entire population of a major city like Dallas or Prague.

Since 2000, the ranks of the poor have increased year by year by almost 5.5 million in total.

meanwhile...

For the third consecutive year the rich got richer. In this, the 24th annual edition of The Forbes 400, the collective net worth of America's wealthiest climbed $125 billion, to $1.13 trillion.

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Collectively, the top 10 richest Americans saw their collective net worth climb $125 billion, the magazine said.

an increase of $125B spread among 10 people...!! unbelievable...

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