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| By Fisher Investments, Real Clear Markets, 09/29/2011 |
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The U.S. Census Bureau recently released data indicating 15.1% of Americans were living below the poverty line in 2010 - the third consecutive annual increase and up from 12.5% in 2007, before the financial panic and recession. Also making recent headlines was President Obama's latest jobs plan, to be funded primarily by $1.5 trillion in increased taxes, aimed mostly at the "wealthy."
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