From: chuckb-AT-pseud.pseud
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:49:30 -0700
Subject: M-INTRO: Do any of us realize how bad poverty is in the US?



According to the latest Census Bureau report, 35.9 million Americans lived in
poverty in 2003, the third consecutive year the figure has increased. Of this
total, 15.3 million lived in extreme poverty--meaning they subsisted on less
than half the official poverty line of $18,810 for a family of four. The number
of Americans in the latter category has grown by 3 million since Bush took
office. It is the highest level since the Census Bureau began collecting such
data three decades ago. 


What the hell is bush doing to stop this? What can we do to stop this? Does
anyone care?



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