missed among the news 4.1 mill more americans in poverty

[greenbriar]

REad the Washington post E J Dionne Jr and in it he said


the Census Bureau's annual economic report, released in the midst of the Gulf Disaster, found that an additional 4.1 million Americans had slipped into poverty between 2001-2004




FUNNY THAT it got buried!!!

[texpatriot2004]

1. If you don't look it's not there, didn't you know

:sarcasm:

[greenbriar]

2. yea, just like if you don't hear about it

there is no problem in the superdome right...


:sarcasm:

[texpatriot2004]

4. you got it...it's our little secret n/t

[durablend]

3. Just some more swept under the rug

Can't have the world thinking the new "America For The Rich" has any association with "those people" :sarcasm:

[greenbriar]

5. he is such an ass

hole

[ultraist]

6. Meanwhile...

http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/14/pf/taxes/republicans_taxcuts.reut/index.htm

Republicans want to extend dividend and capital gains cuts, which critics call a break for the rich.
September 14, 2005: 1:26 PM EDT

Republicans in Congress are likely to delay tax measures in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. CNN's Andy Serwer reports. (September 13)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans said Wednesday they were still committed to extending tax cuts signed by President Bush two years ago, saying they had not abandoned the effort, despite Hurricane Katrina.

"I can assure you that the House Ways and Means Committee has not abandoned trying to extend the dividend tax cut and the capital gains tax cut. We think that is critical. We have not given up on that," Rep. Jim McCrery, a Louisiana Republican, told a news conference. Bush signed across-the-board tax cuts into law in 2003, lowering the top rate on dividends and capital gains to 15 percent. The cuts are not set to expire until 2008, but before Katrina struck, Republican lawmakers had planned a major legislative push this fall to extend the cuts to 2010

[leftofthedial]

7. adios middle class!

On the whole earth, we'll have a few hundred million poor serfs, a few tens of millions of technologists and professionals and a couple million "royalty" left alive by the time the bushgang's bosses are done.

[ultraist]

8. "Median income fell for the fifth year running"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/13/AR2005091302372.html?nav=hcmodule

Late last month, the government reported that inflation-adjusted income for the median household fell for the fifth year running. During the same five-year period of recession and recovery, the number and percentage of households in poverty has also risen.

So where have the benefits from economic growth gone?

Some have gone to the top 20 percent of households in the form of higher salaries and bonuses. This is the only class that has seen its income rise.

The rest of the benefits have gone to those who own stocks, bonds and real estate -- for the most part, the same 20 percent.

[greenbriar]

9. bbb bbb bbbut the economy

is good...


jjjjust askkkk wall street :sarcasm: