Ohiocore

Don't take my word for it. And for $#@!'s sake, don't take W's word for it. The Miami Herald digests the same Census Bureau report, sayingMore Americans in poverty, uninsured: "The national poverty rate declined from 1993 to 2000, when it reached 11.3 percent. In the next three years, 4.3 million more people fell below the poverty line, and the median household income dropped by more than $1,500 in inflation-adjusted terms."

Consider:
(~) 45 Million (15.6%) uninsured (+1.4 Million);
(~) 3.9 Million families w/ single moms in poverty (+1.5%);
(~) 12.9 Million children in poverty (+733,000);
(~) About 1% fewer people get any health coverage from their employer, the worst in a decade.

And when we say poverty here, we mean you living on $9,393. Or, for a family of four, $18,810. So if you make $5/hr fulltime ($10,000), well congratulations, you are not impoverished. Welcome to the economic upswing, sucker.

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