The government keeps the poverty numbers up in several ways.
One way is that they do not count as income the money that people receive for welfare, housing, food stamps, free medical, aid for children, free meals at schols, etc. So they may show an income well below the poverty level but if you add it all together they are actually living at a middle class income level.
In my neck of the woods the city government has been shutting down public housing and moving teants out of the city into subdivisions throughout the county.
Also, we may be in an economic meltdown but that hasn’t slowed the federal government down. They are still bringing in new black, hispanic and muslim immigrants and many are getting placed in subdivision rentals on the taxpayers tab.
These people are all living on the taxpayers backs and living in better housing than many hard working taxpayers can afford for themselves.
“Also, we may be in an economic meltdown but that hasn’t slowed the federal government down. They are still bringing in new black, hispanic and muslim immigrants and many are getting placed in subdivision rentals on the taxpayers tab.
These people are all living on the taxpayers backs and living in better housing than many hard working taxpayers can afford for themselves.”
I have seen this with my own eyes and can testify to the truth of it.