Bernie Sanders actually said...

According to the latest figures from the OECD, the United States has both the highest overall poverty rate and the highest childhood poverty rate of any major industrialized country on Earth.

Context

Sanders cites OECD data on U.S. poverty rates compared to other countries.

09/12/2011

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