Americans in Poverty Jumps 6.6M to Record 46.5M

[green73]

During the four years that marked President Barack Obama’s first term in office, the real median income of American households dropped by $2,627 and the number of people on poverty increased by approximately 6,667,000, according to data released today by the Census Bureau.

The record total of approximately 46,496,000 people in the United States who are now in poverty, according to the Census Bureau, is more than twice the population of Syria, which, according to the CIA, has 22,457,336 people.

cont.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/census-obama-s-1st-term-real-median-income-down-2627-people-poverty

[FindLiberty]

We just need more of the same (gov-whatever) to solve this problem...

[Brian4Liberty]

It's called an economic depression.

[HOLLYWOOD]

Tax & Fee the poor and middle classes even more... the track record is there. Americans are idiots to tolerate or back one or the other political mafia party of thievery.

"It's free get your EBT!"

[Thor]

"Obamaphone!"

[heavenlyboy34]

Tax & Fee the poor and middle classes even more... the track record is there. Americans are idiots to tolerate or back one or the other political mafia party of thievery.

"It's free get your EBT!"
Yep. But the pragmatists in the liberty movement and others elsewhere are nowhere near giving up on it AFAIK. :(

[green73]

Yep. But the pragmatists in the liberty movement and others elsewhere are nowhere near giving up on it AFAIK. :(

They're not pragmatists. They're shitheadmatists.

[Zippyjuan]

cont.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/census-obama-s-1st-term-real-median-income-down-2627-people-poverty

For comparison, it grew by 8 million (25%) while Bush was president (it was 32 million when he took office).

But Presidents don't control people's wealth unless they are changing taxes and social spending and Congress has to write those laws.

[heavenlyboy34]

They're not pragmatists. They're shitheadmatists.
ooooohh, you're going to get some nasty -rep for that! ;) :D

[heavenlyboy34]

For comparison, it grew by 8 million (25%) while Bush was president (it was 32 million when he took office).

But Presidents don't control people's wealth unless they are changing taxes and social spending and Congress has to write those laws.
Have there not been a few executive orders that have directly affected at least some people's wealth? :confused: (I don't keep track of those things)

[puppetmaster]

For comparison, it grew by 8 million (25%) while Bush was president (it was 32 million when he took office).

But Presidents don't control people's wealth unless they are changing taxes and social spending and Congress has to write those laws.

Yep both big gov presidents.....see the correlation

[Zippyjuan]

Have there not been a few executive orders that have directly affected at least some people's wealth? :confused: (I don't keep track of those things)

You can read through them here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/executive-orders but no- none have directly impacted people's incomes.

[enhanced_deficit]

cont.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/census-obama-s-1st-term-real-median-income-down-2627-people-poverty

Look at the bright side, we're spreading freedom in mideast and sending over $10,000 to every citizen of select foreign states.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?421267-Billboards-calling-for-cutting-aid-to-Israel-springing-up-across-Montana&p=5125323&viewfull=1#post5125323


http://ifamericansknew.org/images/billboard.jpghttp://stop30billion.org/_images/photo.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=israel+bilboard+montana&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=jSN_vm2dryAxIM&tbnid=SKRF9ScY3MP3iM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstop30billion.org%2F&ei=uFnjUYu7CZW24AOc_4Bg&bvm=bv.48705608,d.aWM&psig=AFQjCNFWgsQhjUbQs8GeTlNP1_WLp7_JQQ&ust=1373939456373858)

[oyarde]

For comparison, it grew by 8 million (25%) while Bush was president (it was 32 million when he took office).

But Presidents don't control people's wealth unless they are changing taxes and social spending and Congress has to write those laws.

You happen to live in the State with the highest number of these offensive representatives, that I can think of . I will try not to blame you Zip :)

[Zippyjuan]

Whew! That is a relief! Thanks! I get blamed for enough stuff already!

[oyarde]

Whew! That is a relief! Thanks! I get blamed for enough stuff already!

LOL

[Todd]

Just part of the plan to make sure there is no middle class in America. Complete dependancy is the goal.

I can't help thinking of Orwell lately. War is peace, freedom is slavery....



Obama wins Peace prize = Drone war/ Bomb Syria

6 trillion debt = Send 30 billion to Israel and other foreign governments.

Tax the middle class and poor = creation of wealth

Obama campaigned on strengthening middle class = He has created 6 million more poor in the dependant class

[Tywysog Cymru]

But left-wing economics are supposed to help poor people!

[HOLLYWOOD]

Washington Times (establishemnt corporate print)


http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/17/poverty-rate-us-income-stuck-neutral-2012/?page=2

(http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/17/poverty-rate-us-income-stuck-neutral-2012/?page=2)Poverty rate, U.S. income stuck in neutral in 2012
By Nathan Porter and Tom Howell Jr. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/tom-howell-jr/)

The Washington Times
Tuesday, September 17, 2013



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Four years removed from the end of the recession, the nation’s poverty rate and median household income are improving at a frustratingly slow pace, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-census-bureau/).

The new survey revealed that 46 million Americans — one in seven — were living in poverty in 2012, and the official poverty rate of the nation remained at 15 percent. The poverty figure was unchanged from 2011, even though the nation’s unemployment rate has fallen from 10.1 percent early in President Obama’s first term to the current 7.3 percent.


Lawrence Mishel (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/lawrence-mishel/), president of the Economic Policy Institute, expressed disappointment at the latest census numbers. “This is alarming because policy could have made this better,” he said.


Many economists also believe that this stagnation may point to a bigger economic problem. “The poverty and income numbers are a metaphor for the entire economy,” said Ron Haskins (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ron-haskins/), Brookings Institution (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/brookings-institution/) senior fellow. “Everything’s on hold, but at a bad level. […] Don’t expect things to change until the American economy begins to generate more jobs.”
“We’re in the doldrums, with high poverty and inequality as the new normal for the foreseeable future,” Timothy Smeeding (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/timothy-smeeding/), an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/university-of-wisconsin-madison/) who specializes in income inequality, told The Associated Press. “The fact we’ve seen no real recovery in employment and wages means we’ve just flatlined.”


The news was slightly more encouraging on health insurance coverage rates.


New census figures show the number of Americans without health insurance dropped slightly in 2012 compared to the previous year, from 48.6 million to 48 million.
The percentage of people without coverage dropped from 15.7 percent to 15.4 percent, and the percentage of people covered by private insurance (63.9 percent) and by employer-based coverage (54.9 percent) also remained largely unchanged, Census Bureau (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-census-bureau/) officials said Monday.


Among those covered by government health insurance, the percentage enrolled in the Medicaid program for the poor held steady at 16.4 percent, but the percentage of those in the Medicare program for seniors and younger disabled persons rose from 15.2 percent in 2011 to 15.7 percent in 2012.
The data also found that the disparity in wages between men and women has not improved from 77 percent, a gap that has remained essentially unchanged since 2002, with the gap even more glaring for black and Hispanic women.


“As a nation, we must do more to close the wage gap, which is present in every part of the country, regardless of women’s occupation, education or work patterns,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
The census data revealed a particular problem for younger Americans, with 16.1 million children (1 in 5) living in poverty last year.
“Children have suffered more than any other group in the economic recession and recovery,” said American Academy of Pediatrics President Thomas K. McInerny. “The stress and poor nutrition that afflict children in poverty have lifelong consequences to their health.”
Some economists found a ray of optimism in the fact that the poverty and income numbers were at least not getting worse.
Census Bureau (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-census-bureau/) analyst David Johnson noted in a telephone briefing with reporters that “for the first time in five years, neither median household income decreased nor the percent of the population in poverty increased.”

Also, for the first time since 1992, the changes in both poverty and median household income “were not significantly different” from previous years’ statistics.

[torchbearer]

For comparison, it grew by 8 million (25%) while Bush was president (it was 32 million when he took office).

But Presidents don't control people's wealth unless they are changing taxes and social spending and Congress has to write those laws.

seriously, with the Mad King at the helm, and congress pushing his agenda through(Especially while the dems still had control of both houses- obamacare)
that is your response?
talk about cognitive dissonance making a normally sane person sound insane.

[enhanced_deficit]

Can't put a price tag on freedom.

[Keith and stuff]

New Hampshire, year after year, still has the lowest poverty rate at 8.1%. New Hampshire also has the lowest long term poverty rate and the lowest child poverty rate. It sucks for everyone else.