has hit low-income families especially hard," said Sawhill. The Census report said that the poverty rate for children under age 18 grew faster in 2009 than it did for the population as a whole, increasing 1.7 percentage points to 20.7%. " Welfare is not an entitlement ! Social security is an entitlement because that's my money that I paid into the program and am entitled to get it back. All of it , with interest. This new welfare give away boggles the mind. Can there be any other reason besides vote buying. This man has no shame..and he's representing us all as our president? This is a disgrace.