---
title: "1 American Children Quotes By Eric Alterman"
description: "1 American Children quotes by Eric Alterman. Plus more from Eric Alterman and more American Children sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/eric-alterman-10672_children_over-one-in-five-american-children-is-li_3226570.jpg"
---

> [Over one in five American children is living in poverty, and the number is rising.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/over-one-in-five-american-children-is-living-in-poverty-and-the/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/eric-alterman-10672_children_over-one-in-five-american-children-is-li_3226570.jpg)

## More by Eric Alterman

> [As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/as-with-almost-every-significant-aspect-of-the-bush-presidency-its/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [Ever since Richard Nixon walloped George McGovern in the presidential election of 1972, political pundits have treated as a truism the proposition that liberals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/ever-since-richard-nixon-walloped-george-mcgovern-in-the-presidential/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media's inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/this-trend-of-reporting-process-over-substance-is-unfortunate-if/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [Most of the provisions designed to fix what ails our health system don't kick in until 2014, which, one wishes administration officials had noticed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/most-of-the-provisions-designed-to-fix-what-ails-our-health-system/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/whether-one-agrees-or-disagrees-with-the-tactics-of-the-occupy-wall/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/america-s-great-newspapers-have-staffs-that-range-from-50-percent-to/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [Trends in circulation and advertising - the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and unresponsive; the advent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/trends-in-circulation-and-advertising-the-rise-of-the-internet-which/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/warren-buffett-pays-taxes-on-a-smaller-percentage-of-his-billions-in/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/the-myth-of-the-liberal-media-empowers-conservatives-to-control/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/while-history-never-repeats-itself-political-patterns-do/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [Face it, the system is rigged, and it's rigged against us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/face-it-the-system-is-rigged-and-it-s-rigged-against-us/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [The war on terrorism was a bait and switch operation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/the-war-on-terrorism-was-a-bait-and-switch-operation/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [If bloggers are to improve our public discourse - helping busy and usually uninformed people make sense of the world - it is necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/if-bloggers-are-to-improve-our-public-discourse-helping-busy-and/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/americans-continue-to-suffer-from-a-notoriously-short-attention-span/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

> [By the accusation of liberal bias ... the institutions that conservatives revere - the military, corporate America, organized religion, and the powerful conservative groups…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/by-the-accusation-of-liberal-bias-the-institutions-that-conservatives/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-children/eric-alterman/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 American Children Quotes By Eric Alterman",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Over one in five American children is living in poverty, and the number is rising.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Eric Alterman"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/over-one-in-five-american-children-is-living-in-poverty-and-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/eric-alterman-10672_children_over-one-in-five-american-children-is-li_3226570.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/eric-alterman-10672_children_over-one-in-five-american-children-is-li_3226570.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/eric-alterman-10672_children_over-one-in-five-american-children-is-li_3226570.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Over one in five American children is living in poverty, and the number is rising.” — Eric Alterman",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-children/eric-alterman/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-children/eric-alterman/",
            "name": "American Children Quotes by Eric Alterman",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-children/eric-alterman/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/eric-alterman-10672_children_over-one-in-five-american-children-is-li_3226570.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 American Children quotes by Eric Alterman. Plus more from Eric Alterman and more American Children sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-children/eric-alterman/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-children/eric-alterman/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "American Children",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-children/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Eric Alterman",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-children/eric-alterman/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```