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September, i should say but a survey of a dozen economists and experts shows that the poverty rate could have jumped for as high as 15.7 percent last year, a rise to 15.2 percent. this does not make sense to me but what makes sense, gerri is with us from fox business. the gap between those who have a lot and those who don't have a damn thing, is bigger than it has ever been in the history of this nation. >>gerri: the highest rate ever for poverty rate, 50 years since 1959, that is what you seeing. and you may say, well we have had a terrible economy and unemployment is high. >>shepard: it does...

A family of four. those experts say poverty is on the rise in suburban, america where it's already at record levels. we won't get the official levels will until the government releases the census this fall when those figure could say play a huge role in the november presidential election. how big a jump are we talking about here. >> well in 2010 it was 125.1% of americans living in port it could go to 15.7%. most likely come in at 15.2. this is a record you don't want to set. this takes us back to roughly 1983, very close to the worst year ever in 1965. >> shepard: a number of factors in play ...

Have want to participate in an exit poll and maybe that hurts the printiveness of the exit poll, but they were the ones who were willing to go in and vote for scott walker and deliver this big win for him. megyn: chris stierwalt, thank you sir, thank you very much. >> you bet. you bet. megyn: there's no doubt, big labor has a huge stake in this election but in recent years, union membership in wisconsin has declined. from two on on nine to 2011 the state's unionship rate dropped nearly 2 percent from 15.2 to 13.3. over the past two decades, the wisconsin union membership rate has fallen nearly...

Turns out very different groups of people would pay. if you are in the bottom 20% of the income distribution, in obama's plan you pay federal tax rate of 1.8%. under romney's plan, double that, 3.4%. that is the poorest group. in the middle, a lot closer, 15.2% under obama's plan, 15.6% under romney's plan. if you're in the top 1% as both romney and obama are, the difference becomes huge. under obama's plan, 36.3%. under romney's plan, 25.9. to get that out of percents and in dollars, your taxes will be $160,000 lower than under obama. $160,000. tax cuts of that size cost a lot of money. trill...

Romney's plans. turns out very different groups of people would pay. if you are eye in the bottom 20% of the income distribution, in obama's plan you pay federal tax rate of 1.8%. under romney's plan, double that, 3.4%. that is the poorest group. in the middle, a lot closer, 15.2% under obama's plan, 15.6% under romney's plan. if you're in the top 1% as both romney and obama are, the difference becomes huge. under obama's plan, 36.3%. under romney's plan, 25.9. to get that out of percents and in dollars, your taxes will be $160,000 lower than under obama. $160,000. tax cuts of that size cost a...