[+/-] Census Bureau: poverty up third straight year
As Mr. Bush tries to run on his "achievements" [sic] during the reTHUGlican national convention, keep in mind that the administration's Census Bureau has a disturbing story to tell. The US Census Bureau has released figures on poverty and health coverage that represent a devastating indictment of the Bush administration.
Poverty rose for the third straight year in 2003, with nearly 36 million people, or 12.5 percent of the population, living at or below a subsistence level. These figures vastly underestimate the real poverty rate, since the official poverty level for a family of four, $18,660, is absurdly low. People living at or below this income level are not simply poor, but destitute. For a single parent with two children, the official figure is $14,824, and for a single person under 65 years old, $9,573.
Think we'll see this mentioned on any of the news media? Nope, me neither.
Poverty rose for the third straight year in 2003, with nearly 36 million people, or 12.5 percent of the population, living at or below a subsistence level. These figures vastly underestimate the real poverty rate, since the official poverty level for a family of four, $18,660, is absurdly low. People living at or below this income level are not simply poor, but destitute. For a single parent with two children, the official figure is $14,824, and for a single person under 65 years old, $9,573.
Think we'll see this mentioned on any of the news media? Nope, me neither.
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