Monroe Cty 911
UPDATE: [I forgot the link sigh]The Census Bureau has issued its annual report on poverty in the United States.
This is a statistic that the Bush Administration should be shouting from the roof tops. Record wage parity for women, .77:1, 77%. Wage parity between women and men is at record levels under the Bush administration. Bush’s [...]
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UPDATE: [I forgot the link sigh]The Census Bureau has issued its annual report on poverty in the United States.
INCOME LEVELS
2005
2000
1991
Black - over $25K
57.9%
61.0%
51.7%
Black - over $50K
30.2%
32.2%
24.5%
Hispanic - over $25K
66.3%
67.4%
60.4%
Hispanic - over $50K
34.2%
35.6%
28.7%
POVERTY LEVELS
2005
2000
1991
Black
24.7%
22.5%
32.7%
Hispanic
21.8%
21.5%
28.7%
The best that you can say about poverty levels and incomes for blacks and Hispanics under Bush is that they are not losing [...]
Categories: American Economy · Original writing · Poverty · Reporting
UPDATE: [I forgot the link sigh]The Census Bureau has issued its annual report on poverty in the United States.
TERM
AVG % ALL
AVG % FAMILIES
Reagan I
14.7
13.3
Reagan II
13.5
12.0
Bush 41
13.8
12.4
Clinton I
14.3
12.8
Clinton II
12.3
10.7
Bush 43 I
12.3
10.5
Bush 43 II
12.6
10.8
Average Poverty Rate - First Five Years of an Administration:
Reagan: 14.5%
Clinton: 14.1%
Bush 43: 12.3%
The mean income for all Americans rose in 2005 for the [...]
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The Census Bureau has issued its annual report on poverty in the United States. I’ll be posting my analysis and findings tomorrow. For now, here’s the press release.
Real median household income in the United States rose by 1.1 percent between 2004 and 2005, reaching $46,326, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census [...]
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I took a few minutes over the weekend to analyze the latest information from the Census Bureau on Poverty in the United States. That information can be found here.
I have updated the table I created here.
TERM
AVG % ALL
AVG % FAMILIES
Reagan I
14.7
13.3
Reagan II
13.5
12.0
Bush 41
13.8
12.4
Clinton I
14.3
12.8
Clinton II
12.3
10.7
Bush 43
12.3
10.5
I have also taken the time to graph a variety [...]
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From my e-mail:
I’m not sure, perhaps only two or three US citizens would see this comment, nevertheless, I’d like to express my gratitude for generosity and munificence your country has been having towards troubled people around the world. Just like last year when one of the most neglected city of my country devastated by earthquake, [...]
Categories: Charity · Politics · Poverty · Tsunami relief
Here’s a recent e-mail exchange with someone who, I presume, is farther left than I am.
SC:
Oh please, you must be kidding me… Bush has overseen, for the first time since the Great Depression, a loss of jobs. And those getting jobs are getting jobs that pay less when costs are increasing, ie. gas, health insurance, [...]
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I have updated the table I created here.
TERM
AVG % ALL
AVG % FAMILIES
Reagan I
14.7
13.3
Reagan II
13.5
12.0
Bush 41
13.8
12.4
Clinton I
14.3
12.8
Clinton II
12.3
10.7
Bush 43
12.1
10.4
My original contention still holds.Poverty is down under George Bush!
Categories: Poverty
Census link [pdf file]
Median household income, while below the peaks of 1998-2000, was still higher than at any other time prior to 1997. The number in poverty is lower than any time in the period 1992-1997. The overall 2003 poverty rate of 12.5%, though higher than the years 1997-2002, is still lower than in any [...]
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CNN MoneyThe number of millionaires in the United States surged 14 percent in 2003, to 2.3 million, according to the World-Wide Wealth of High Net Worth Individuals survey released Tuesday by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini.
The article’s HMTL title says that 1 of every 125 Americans is a millionaire.
Categories: American Economy · Poverty
Econopundit, Steve Antler graphs the poverty numbers for children and comes to a startling conclusion. Poverty is down. The source data for his graph is the U.S. Census Bureau.
I’M SO CONFUSED. I THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE JUST GETTING POORER AND POORER.
Let’s use the same source, the Census Bureau, to look at the percentages of Americans and [...]
Categories: American Economy · Analysis · Growth · Original writing · Poverty · Unemployment
