The facts about the most powerful nation(USA) in the world

1. One out of every five children in the United States is now living in poverty.
2. 28% of all U.S. households have at least one member that is looking for a full-time job.
3. The number of Americans receiving long-term unemployment benefits has risen over 60 percent in just the past year.
4. Nearly 10 million Americans now receive unemployment insurance, which is almost four times as many as in 2007.
5. The U.S. poverty rate is now the third worst among the developed nations tracked by the OECD.
6. 2009 saw the largest single year increase in the U.S. poverty rate since the U.S. government began calculating poverty figures back in 1959.
7. 45 million Americans were living in poverty in 2010.