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antiquie

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4. Government helps some kids, but...

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2015, 11:27 AM

May 2015

Census Bureau: California still has highest U.S. poverty rate

25 Percent Of People In Mississippi Can't Afford Food

Measuring Access to Opportunity
The Supplemental Poverty Measure gauges the effectiveness of government programs in alleviating economic hardship. In a new data snapshot that explores the measure, KIDS COUNT calculates the national child poverty rate with and without government interventions. The supplemental measure shows that 11.2 million more kids would be living in poverty without key safety-net programs.

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The funy things that are said by Darrell Issa - Americas Poor are envy of the world [View all] liberal N proud May 2015 OP

This man makes my blood boil Iliyah May 2015 #1

Issa is a liar and a thug Gothmog May 2015 #2

You hear the same bullshit from some guys here about women! Hey we're not in burkas so should not bettyellen May 2015 #3

Government helps some kids, but... antiquie May 2015 #4

Let me know when they are the envy of the American 1%, and we'll talk, Darryl. WinkyDink May 2015 #5

Our poor are the envy of a lot of the world Recursion May 2015 #6

No, our middle class is. shenmue May 2015 #7

He would know... YoungDemCA May 2015 #8

Just because America's poor are better off than those living in third world nations Terra Alta May 2015 #9