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Originally Posted by aceventura3
......If liberals think money is the answer to the question of poverty, why did they raise and spend millions on a library in sight of some of the worse poverty in this country?
Arkansas ranks about 10th in the percentage of people below the poverty line, Louisiana ranks first. I have never been to Lousiana but if it is worse than Arkansas it has to be pretty bad.
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You REALLY wanna go THERE ?????
(Poverty rate equals income of 125 percent of poverty level and below:
1961- President Kennedy Takes Office,
Poverty rate = 30% or 54 million of 181 million total population
1966- President Lyndon Johnson announces "War on Poverty" in U.S.
Poverty rate = 24.1% or 46 million of 191 million total population
1969- President Nixon takes office,
Poverty Rate= 17.4% or 35 million of 200 million total population
1977- President Carter Takes Office,
Poverty Rate= 16.7% or 36 million of 214 million total population
1981- President Reagan Takes Office,
Poverty Rate= 19.3% or 44 million of 227 million total population
1993- President Clinton Takes Office,
Poverty Rate= 20% or 52 million of 259 million total population
2001- President Bush Takes Office,
Poverty Rate= 16.1% or 45 million of 281 million total population
After eight years of republican control, in 1961, 54 million Americans or 30 percent, lived below the poverty level defined by the government as the level where government assistance (food stamps, etc.) is awarded.
After four years of democratic control, in 1966, poverty level had dropped to 24.1 percent and 8 milklion less lived in poverty. With 46 million still living in poverty, President Johnson launched a "War on Poverty". At the end of 1969, when Johnson's influence on budgets and programs had ended, 17.4 percetn lived in poverty, and the number of people living in poverty had dropped to 35 million.
At the end of 1977, with Carter in office and 8 years of republican influenced budgets and programs ended, 16.7 percent, or 36 million lived in poverty.
At the end of 1981, with Reagan in office and 4 years of democratic influenced budgets and programs ended, 19.3 percent, or 44 million lived in poverty. <b>The Total Federal Debt was .930 trillion dollars.</b>
At the end of 1993, with Clinton in office and 12 years of republican influenced budgets and programs ended, 20 percent, or 52 million lived in poverty. <b>The Total Federal Debt was <a href="http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdhisto4.htm">4.064 trillion dollars</a>.</b>
At the end of 2001, with Bush in office and 8 years of republican influenced budgets and programs ended, 16.1 percent, or 45 million lived in poverty.
<b>The Total Federal Debt was <a href="http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdhisto4.htm">5.674 trillion dollars</a>.</b>
By 2005, just 4 years into the Bush presidency, 17.1 percent, or 50 million lived in poverty. <b>The Total Federal Debt was <a href="http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdhisto4.htm">7.932 trillion dollars</a>.</b>
<b>In the final 4 years of the Clinton presidency, The Total Federal Debt increased by .673 trillion dollars. In the first 4 years of the Bush presidency, The Total Federal Debt increased by 2.258 trillion dollars.</b>
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http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/pover...v/hstpov6.html
Historical Poverty Tables
Table 6. People Below 125 Percent of Poverty Level and the Near Poor:
1959 to 2004
(Numbers in Thousands)
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Below 1.25 Between 1.00 - 1.25
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Year Total Number Percent Number Percent
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2004..... 290,605 49,666 17.1 12,669 4.4
2003..... 287,699 48,687 16.9 12,826 4.5
2002..... 285,317 47,084 16.5 12,514 4.4
2001..... 281,475 45,320 16.1 12,413 4.4
2000 12/. 278,944 43,612 15.6 12,030 4.3
1999 11/. 276,208 45,030 16.3 12,239 4.4
1998..... 271,059 46,036 17.0 11,560 4.3
1997..... 268,480 47,853 17.8 12,280 4.6
1996..... 266,218 49,310 18.5 12,781 4.8
1995..... 263,733 48,761 18.5 12,336 4.7
1994..... 261,616 50,401 19.3 12,342 4.7
1993 10/. 259,278 51,801 20.0 12,536 4.8
1992 9/.. 256,549 50,592 19.7 12,578 4.9
1991 8/.. 251,192 47,527 18.9 11,819 4.7
1990..... 248,644 44,837 18.0 11,252 4.5
1989..... 245,992 42,653 17.3 11,125 4.5
1988..... 243,530 42,551 17.5 10,806 4.4
1987 7/.. 240,982 43,032 17.9 10,811 4.5
1986..... 238,554 43,486 18.2 11,116 4.7
1985 .... 236,594 44,166 18.7 11,102 4.7
1984..... 233,816 45,288 19.4 11,588 5.0
1983 6/.. 231,700 47,150 20.3 11,847 5.1
1982..... 229,412 46,520 20.3 12,122 5.3
1981 5/.. 227,157 43,748 19.3 11,926 5.3
1980..... 225,027 40,658 18.1 11,386 5.1
1979 4/.. 222,903 36,616 16.4 10,544 4.7
1978..... 215,656 34,155 15.8 9,658 4.5
1977..... 213,867 35,659 16.7 10,939 5.1
1976..... 212,303 35,509 16.7 10,534 5.0
1975..... 210,864 37,182 17.6 11,305 5.4
1974 3/.. 209,362 33,666 16.1 10,296 4.9
1973..... 207,621 32,828 15.8 9,855 4.7
1972..... 206,004 34,653 16.8 10,193 4.9
1971 2/.. 204,554 36,501 17.8 10,942 5.3
1970..... 202,183 35,624 17.6 10,204 5.0
1969..... 199,517 34,665 17.4 10,518 5.3
1968..... 197,628 35,905 18.2 10,516 5.3
1967 1/.. 195,672 39,206 20.0 11,437 5.8
1966..... 193,388 41,267 21.3 12,757 6.6
1965..... 191,413 46,163 24.1 12,978 6.8
1964..... 189,710 49,819 26.3 13,764 7.3
1963..... 187,258 50,778 27.1 14,342 7.7
1962..... 184,276 53,119 28.8 14,494 7.9
1961..... 181,277 54,280 30.0 14,652 8.1
1960..... 179,503 54,560 30.4 14,709 8.2
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