The number of federal aid recipients with graduate degrees is on the rise. The House GOP budget plans on cutting millions of dollars from the food stamp program [SNAP], hurting these people as well. 

(Source: chronicle.com)

Many European countries have engaged in austerity. Austerity can actually make it MORE difficult to get deficits under control. Greece, Portugal, Ireland, and Spain have been the leaders of this effort since 2009. 

(Source: washingtonpost.com)

Economic mobility depends on what state you live in. Some states make it difficult to move up the ladder, like states in the South where poverty is more widespread. Green states have greater mobility than the national average and red states have less mobility than the national average. 

(Source: usatoday.com)

Where are low-income workers employed? Workers earning less than $23,000 for a family of four are below the poverty line, and 75% of these individuals work in food preparation and serving. 

(Source: theatlantic.com)

Your cartoon of the day!

By John Deering
From the Cartoonist Group.

(Source: americanprogress.org)

Conservatives who say Medicaid costs are out of control are wrong. A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that spending per enrollee was below the growth in the medical care consumer price index (CPI), an indicator of the change in prices of medical care. 

(Source: kff.org)

The chart says it all. More and more Americans are finding jobs, and the unemployment rate is decreasing. 

(Source: npr.org)