n4807g -- an earlier CBPP (btw now in my 'Source-Reference' Favorites, thx) piece that offers some additional perspective:
Recession Could Cause Large Increases in Poverty and Push Millions into Deep Poverty Stimulus Package Should Include Policies to Ameliorate Harshest Effects of Downturn November 24, 2008 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1290