2 years in a row, more in poverty

[Nambe]

USA TODAY

More than a million Americans sank into poverty last year, an annual Census report is expected to show today. It would be the first time in nearly a decade that the number of poor rose two years in a row.

Experts at the University of Michigan, the conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation and the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said they expected official figures to show the U.S. poverty rate growing from 11.7% in 2001 to around 12.3% in 2002. Their predictions generally are accurate within a few decimal points.

The figures were previewed three weeks ago by a Census survey testing a new methodology. Today's figures are considered more authoritative and comprehensive. They're the ones used by the government in calculating unemployment and setting policies. ---

For the first time in 15 years, the poverty report is being released on a Friday. That has prompted charges by Democrats that the White House hopes to see the bad news buried in little-seen Friday night and Saturday news coverage. ---

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[jiacinto]

1. Lord knows I can see it

I really can see it!

[Nottingham]

2. There is No Burying this! Its everywhere ya look!

People are going farther down the class structure! :bounce:

Basically we have turned into the Land of Haves and Have Nots

[FauxNewsBlues]

3. Cheney doing fine though.

Damn Chimp, damn Cheney, damn tax breaks for the rich, and slashed social programs. I hate them.. I really fucking hate them.

[mhr]

4. Sent the Article and Link

with the following preamble to my email list.

Hi All,

Thanks to Bush's economy, more Americans fell into poverty for the
second year in a row. From the attached USA Today article, one million
more Americans now live below the poverty line.

Just like the worst job creation record since Herbert Hoover, this is
one more Republican accomplishment that Bush can add to his resume of
despair and destruction. If his success continues unabated,
we will see the return of Hoovervilles all across this country.

I guess Republicans just can't stand letting a good old idea go to
waste.

Enjoy

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I also cc'ed my national representatives:

[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail].

Let's turn up the heat on the Republicans!

[LauraK]

5. I wonder if our Nat. Guard and Reserve troops with families...

are among the poverty stricken?