this is important...and why we need to change our conversations from fruitless arguments to actually addressing our problems..

"Among rich countries, the U.S. is exceptional," he said. "We are exceptional in our tolerance of poverty."  Sheldon Danziger, the director of the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/us-child-poverty-report-unicef_n_1555533.html?ir=Parents&ref=topbar