The poor among us Americans–the wealthiest nation in the world–was 12.7 % in 2005, no change over the previous year. But it’s a pretty steady rise in the poverty rate since Bush took office in 2001. This is a fine contrast with the percent of the nation’s millionaires which gained 21 percent in 2004. And those making 5 million or more per year rose a whopping 38%.
Meanwhile, the number of people without health insurance continues to climb, up over a million in 2005 from the year before.
