Funny, not one Democrat has seized upon these numbers...
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at 07:46 JSTWASHINGTON — The official U.S. poverty rate increased in 2004 for the fourth straight year as more than one million people joined the ranks of the poor, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.
The Census Bureau said the number of people living below the poverty line rose last year to 37.0 million people from 35.9 million in 2003, and the poverty rate increased to 12.7% from 12.5 percent.
37 million people in poverty and the number keeps growing. 4th straight year? What happened 4 years ago?
I bet there are alot of people in third world poverty that would love to be an "impoverished American"
ReplyDeleteI grew up poor, many of my friends are in prison or have been there. The difference is that they still lament being a victim of the system while I learned how to work within the system.
I'm sure that lots of people would love to live here, but we're talking about America, not third world countries. And it's our shame...No child should go hungry in this country, but they do.
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