Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:05:29 -0700 From: BIRD-AT-pseud.pseud Subject: Re: M-INTRO: Do any of us realize how bad poverty is in the Really good questions ChuckB and yes indeed there are people who care and try to get the word out about poverty issues in addition to support direct services for the poor. In Utah, one such group is Utah Issues. I am including two recent reports they have posted. The first is called, "The State of Working Utah" http://www.altrue.net/altruesite/files/poverty/datapublications/executive%20summary.pdf The other is some updated poverty statistics. http://www.altrue.net/site/poverty/content.php?type=1&id=8902 For Pike who just asked about poverty statistics over time, the census bureau has good current and past year stats. Unfortunately they do no paint a very good picture. They can be found at: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html >>> chuckb-AT-pseud.pseud 12/2/2004 2:49:30 PM >>> 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? --- from list marxism-intro-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list marxism-intro-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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