February 14, 2012 | Posted At: 09:27 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says
Quotes: Four Of Five Poor U.S. Kids Remain Poor As Adults
The U.S. is singularly ineffective at lifting poor children into the middle class as adults... Just 17 percent of kids raised in the bottom fifth will make it there. -- The New Republic's Scott Winship

