Poverty is WAYYYYYYYY up circa 2000-2004

How did this report sneak onto FOX News? Aren't we all doing GREAT?? I mean who ISN'T receiving that $20 million bonus from the stock brokerage?? Well the answer would be a lot of people are not receiving that $20 million bonus. A lot of people are not living on more than $9,000 per year. The number of people living in extreme poverty is up 26% when comparing 2000 to 2004 census data. Extreme poverty affects 16 million people in America. 1 in 20 people live in extreme poverty in America. No word in this report on how many live right on the cusp of extreme poverty which would be millions more. So how is your nation's economy really doin'???

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[WolYou]

Isn't this situation what you wanted? Living on debt. Filling your home with useless crap? Just for the sake of jobs and short fun? You are slaves of your own demands. If you "have" something, you are actually becoming the slave of it. Try to get more time instead of things. Yóur society is defined about what one has, not what one is. It would be good for most of you to read a few books about this matter instead of watching the superbowl and tv-ads,

[blaziermissy]

Yes, we have a thinker in the house:)

[justbrandon666]

@WolYou exactly what I've been saying

[jeanfaljean]

60 mln Americans are way below line of poverty!!!!!!

the government is playing GOD in Iraq & Afghanistan.

halliloyaaaaa

[BayAreaBiker2001]

I do not plan to have children, I can get by just fine on a bike, never had nor wanted a car. I do not smoke or consume alcohol, never did. My so-called lower-class lifestyle is necessitated by not being able to afford better. My choice of transportation is necessitated by the lack of bus service at night, high gas prices, and car payments that I could not really afford. I just happen to enjoy biking, and could not imagine myself doing otherwise.

[hypervexbliss]

Drinking, smoking, and drugs? Most of these people do not have the education to know what the addictive powers of alcohol and cigarettes until AFTER they start. Then, its too late. Quitting cold turkey is EXTREMELY difficult. Once you're in addiction, its difficult to break it without incurring extra charges (smoking patches, rehab, etc.)

[hypervexbliss]

"Family of four" is just statistics. For one person, $5000 a year is still *not* enough. If they are earning $5000/yr working one job

Note: The 12 million is those living in EXTREME poverty. There are many, many, many more who live under the poverty line.

Military? Many of those in extreme poverty are veterans who were injured/disabled in combat, many are disabled in SOME way and thus unfit for combat.

[hypervexbliss]

Minorities do make up the majority of those in poverty, but this includes other minorities besides African-Americans. It's about 12% of ALL Americans, and 21% of ALL children in poverty.

[Rsd79]

I must refer you to this video so that you are educated the next time you reply with your jingoistic bullocks.

youtubecom/watch?v=OS2fI2p9iVs

[t0nt01982]

yea they're in debt to us too. if effect each other somehow. quit lookin at shit from one perspective.