A Rise in Poverty

Campus Report ^ | August 29, 2008 | Irene Warren

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A Rise in Poverty

by: Irene Warren, August 29, 2008

The number of American families living in poverty in the United States “increased 1.3 percent between 2006 and 2007,” according to the latest data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. And, in terms of those who lacked healthcare coverage, the report showed an increase in the number of people who were without healthcare coverage in 2007.

Data collected, using the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) Survey, in 2008 showed that “the nation’s official poverty rate in 2007 was 12.5 percent,” as the U.S. Census Bureau reported. Also, the report revealed that in 2007, the nation’s poverty rate was not significantly different from that of 2006. In all, the data collected showed that “there were 37.3 million people in poverty in 2007, up from 36.5 million in 2006, and the number of people without health insurance coverage declined from 47 million (15.8 percent) in 2006 to 45.7 million (15.3 percent) in 2007,” according to the U.S. Census Bureau report.

Experts who held a press conference at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) for Public Policy Research, August 25, 2008, speculated that “the U.S. Census Bureau is likely to report an increase in the 2007 poverty rate, because this number will represent an average of the 2007 calendar year figures, and will not include data for the first six months of 2008.” To some degree, their assumption holds some truth since the report released by the U.S. Census Bureau largely contained statistical data from 2007. This might be partially due to the U.S. Bureau not being able to collect all data from 2008 as annual incomes are not reported until the end of the year, one panel member pointed out....

[FlingWingFlyer]

This may be true but Sheriff Arpaio is on the case and doing all he can to reduce the “poverty” numbers in the United States.

[albie]

“The number of American families living in poverty in the United States “increased 1.3 percent between 2006 and 2007,”

...hey that’s strange! 1.3 percent is the exact amount that sales in plasma screen TV’s and Cadillac Escalades went up by!

[ckilmer]

Maybe if the bimbos in the white house would stop importing poverty in the form of illegals there would be less of it in the USA—and a smaller tax burden on Americans.