46.5 mio Americans live in poverty, and the poverty rate in the US has been at 15%+ for 3 consecutive years. The first time that has happened since 1965. Land of the free.

I'm not a huge fan of CNN.. but I've sourced the stat from this article: money.cnn.com/2014/01/24/news/economy/middle-class-economy/index.html?iid=HP_River