On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
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.
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Sanders cites OECD data on U.S. poverty rates compared to other countries.
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