Capitalism is dangerous to children and other living things. In recent years the stock market has soared and the United States ranks first in the number of millionaires and billionaires. At the same time the number of children living in deep poverty is also rising.
Children are the poorest group of people in the United States.
One out of every four children under the age of six now lives in poverty. The figure is one out of every two African American children. Thirty percent of all Latino youngsters live beneath the poverty line. This number had grown by more than 2 million since 1989, according to the Children's Defense Fund. Contrary to the stereotypes commonly used to demonize poor people, two out of every three families with poor children had at least one full-time worker during the year.