[Rashputin]

I don't know if it's due to changes in the definition of “poverty” or just my faulty memory, but those numbers look a lot like what I recall lop eared Lyndon quoting when he insisted we needed a War on Poverty back in the day. In fact, I initially thought, “man, worse than when Lyndon redefined debt as a war on poverty”.

I dunno, I'll look around, but anything Lyndon did is bound to end badly just like his folding the SS fund into the general fund. It catches up with "someone down the road". Unfortunately, we're that "someone down the road" and all those people in poverty have been brainwashed into thinking that someone owes them those TVs, DVDs, cellphones, computers, autos, and a lot of other things.

Regards

[Thermalseeker]

....but those numbers look a lot like....

Tom Sullivan was talking about this a few days ago on his radio show. His show is heavy on financial and tax subjects since he's a former money manager. The gist was the numbers of those "in poverty" are slightly higher now than during the Johnson Administration....