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Originally published in "Common Dreams," September 14, 2011 The crisis of poverty in America is one of the great moral and economic issues facing our country. It is very rarely talked about in the mainstream media. It gets even less attention in Congress. Why should people care? Many poor people don’t vote. They certainly don’t make large campaign contributions, and they don’t have powerful lobbyists representing their interests. Here’s why we all should care. There are 46 million Americans – about one in six – living below t...