Jesse Jackson: *Myths and Lies About Poverty.*

I take issue with Jackson on one point: most Americans do support the laws that would eliminate most poverty. But plutocats have used (and created) flaws in our democracy to keep control of our government and defeat candidates such as Sanders that stand for the policies most Americans support.

CEPR: The US Census Bureau underestimates poverty in the US because it uses too low a value for the poverty line, one that doesn't relate to today's life.