Poverty rate at 12.7 percent, 4th straight rise

[BamaLefty]

Thanks Bu$h! You da man! :eyes:

WASHINGTON - The nation’s poverty rate rose to 12.7 percent of the population last year, the fourth consecutive annual increase, the Census Bureau said Tuesday.

The percentage of people without health insurance did not change.

Overall, there were 37 million people living in poverty, up 1.1 million people from 2003.

*snip*

Regionally, income declined only in the Midwest, down 2.8 percent to $44,657. The South was the poorest region and the Northeast and the West had the highest median incomes.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9130342/

[ClintonTyree]

1. Let's see, 4th straight rise..............

and bush has been in office............ gee, do you think there's a connection? :shrug:

[NMDemDist2]

2. i heard that on the radio today, kicked and nominated n/t

[ladjf]

3. I read recently that the actual rate is 18%. That's two to four

times higher than European countries and the highest poverty rate of any industrialized Country despite the fact the the U.S. is the richest.

[wli]

4. sounds like typical statistical manipulations n/t

[ladjf]

5. There was an article in today's USA Today about how the

statistics on poverty have been manipulated in the US for political reasons. God, what a political cesspool we are living in. What has happened to our great Country? I'm afraid I know the answer. It has been stolen by crooks with help from some greedy and stupid people.