'Deep Poverty' on the Rise in US

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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Fri Sep-23-11 03:19 PM
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'Deep Poverty' on the Rise in US   Updated at 8:45 PM
   
Most States Experience Significant Rise In Levels Of 'Deep Poverty'
The Huffington Post Alexander Eichler First Posted: 9/23/11 11:41 AM ET Updated: 9/23/11 11:42 AM ET
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/23/deep-poverty_n...


The closer one looks at the Census data on American poverty, the more discouraging it becomes.

It was already known that the national poverty rate climbed to 15.1 percent last year, the greatest percentage since 1993, and that the actual number of Americans living in poverty had hit 46.2 million, the highest number since the Census Bureau began measuring poverty in 1959.

It was known that the median household income fell more than 2 percent in 2010. And it was known that a million more children fell into poverty in 2010, bringing the total to about 15.7 million -- and that of all the children in America age six or younger, one in four now live in poverty.

The latest analysis of Census data, from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, further illustrates how widespread the problem of want in America has become. According to the CBPP, 39 states, plus the District of Columbia, have experienced significant rises in their levels of "deep poverty" in the past four years -- that is, people living on incomes that are less than half the poverty line.

No states saw a decline in their deep poverty rates.

The findings make clear how far-reaching the effects of the recession have been, and align with other studies that have shown deep poverty increasing in the U.S. over the past two decades. Nationwide, some 6.7 percent of Americans were living in deep poverty in 2010 -- the highest rate since the government started tracking this number in 1975. Nearly one in 10 children are counted in this category.

As the CBPP noted in an earlier blog post, one reason for the rise in deep poverty in recent years is that low-income families have access to fewer public resources than they used to. Skyrocketing unemployment and falling wages have also played a role.

The below graphic is by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1992340

Now if Bush was in office they would be slamming the President.
Not one word about 0bama and his hope and change not working.

SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Fri Sep-23-11 03:40 PM
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5. "Whoopeee! Our strategeries is working." - RepubliWankers (R)
   
Edited on Fri Sep-23-11 03:42 PM by SpiralHawk
"The way to address this so-called problem (smirk, sneer) is to grant MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE special tax cuts for Republicon fatcats. Smirk. Let us TRICKLE DOWN on you American PEEons some more. Smirk. Sneer."

- RepubliWankers (R)

Yep it's all the Republicans fault. 

[JohnnyReb]

SpiralHawk says, "Whoopeee! Our strategeries is working."...if you think SpiralHawk is happy, you should see Obama and Bill Ayers doing their happy dance.

[I_B_Perky]

Poverty? Deep poverty? With welfare, HUD, medicaid? I call bullshit. Boortz debunks this better than I could:

Poverty my ass!

Seriously now... when was the last time someone died from starvation in the US? I ain't talking about drug addled welfare parent starving their kids either or homeless alkies and drug users. No, I want to know one case where someone could not get any help and starved to death!

There will always be a group of people that are on the lower end of the income spectrum  just like there will always be people on the lower end of the grade spectrum in the class room. Hey dumbasses? In any track race, from the dash to the marathon, someone will always be last. Too bad it is usually your kind.

Next time make some better decisions.

[Chris_]

Poverty? Deep poverty? With welfare, HUD, medicaid? I call bullshit. Boortz debunks this better than I could:

Poverty my ass!

This is one that made the rounds recently:

The Head Of A Household Of Four Making Minimum Wage Has More Disposable Income Than A Family Making $60,000 A Year

[I_B_Perky]

This is one that made the rounds recently:

The Head Of A Household Of Four Making Minimum Wage Has More Disposable Income Than A Family Making $60,000 A Year

Personally I think it should hurt to be poor. I really have no problem with the non-producers living hand to mouth. Maybe they would not sit around and pop out babies that I have to feed. I feed my family, why can't they feed theirs?

[Chris_]

Looking over that chart, it makes me think what a boon a simple flat tax would be to the middle class. 

[I_B_Perky]

Looking over that chart, it makes me think what a boon a simple flat tax would be to the middle class. 

I think they ought to tax welfare benefits. They tax unemployment. They tax SS if you make too much.

I like the fair tax myself.

[Mike B the Cajun]

OK, "deep poverty" is a relative term.

How can someone in "deep poverty" afford a big-screen tv with cable and premium channels?  or the latest smart phone with unlimited plans? newer cars with custom rims and tires? grocery baskets filled with premium stuff like steak, etc.?

To me, "deep poverty" is someone in a third-world country living in a mud hut, no electricity or running water, bare subsistence food, if any, making $5.00 a month. They would kill to be "deeply poor" in America.

[JohnnyReb]

Personally I think it should hurt to be poor. I really have no problem with the non-producers living hand to mouth. Maybe they would not sit around and pop out babies that I have to feed. I feed my family, why can't they feed theirs?

I live in a small town...so I know or know of everyone. Several of the most successful people in town came from a family that "hurt to be poor". It was a great motivator for them.

[vesta111]

I live in a small town...so I know or know of everyone. Several of the most successful people in town came from a family that "hurt to be poor". It was a great motivator for them.

Deep poverty is a relative term, what is deep poverty in America ????

Does this include the family's that live in a camp ground in a truck camper, the family's that live in a cold water flat in the inner city's???

What do any of us know about Deep Poverty in America?????

We see the photos of real poverty from over seas, children starving and parents racked with disease.    This is Deep Poverty. Lucky to have a tent over their head or any kind of water.

Even the homeless that by their own wish live in tents in the woods are not poverty stricken, they eat at Church or what ever volunteer places, they are not found starved to death.

Volunteer's by the thousends heard out in subzero weather to bring people into the heat for the night, when the temperatures hit 90 people are brought into air conditioned public and private places.

We have pockets of this country where the family's are Very poor, the kids do not wear Nike's, hell I remember my kids wore BOBOS sneakers $1.95-------didn't bother them and as kids need new sneakers ever 4-5 months due to growth, for my 4 kids no problem.

Most every Church or town has thrift shops that are close to giving clothing away free.    Dollar shops for personal needs, soap, shampoo and toilet paper.

Holliday season the poor have stores and organisations to donate toys to the kids.    I saw a couple family's that had received so many toys the kids were throwing away the toys they did not want------Trampling over the gifts with no care.    The familys would have been better off with just one toy per child and a basket of holiday food for the kids or socks and underware for the kids. ---- Yippe for the parents no money to spend on the kids but a small amount for a holiday bottle of booze and a good bit of drugs----Thank you everyone for giving us a xmas gift also.

So we Americans are too poor for a big screen tv, whats wrong with a Radio, cannot afford air, Fans are cheap at Goodwill, Do all kids need braces on their teeth, Kids can go to the YMCA for classes in self defence, learn to swim, and even do gymnastics and dance. Free for children whose parents are on welfare.
 
Boy and Girl scouts is free for the kids and even 4H and arts and ceramatic making.

Lions Club offers free glasses, and the Shriner's total free for kids with big time medical issues.

Poor in America seems to point to the parents that are too involved with their own lives they do not take advantage of the things available to their children at no cost.  This is not the fault of society, the free stuff is every where but if the parents are too drunk, stoned or just too busy to take the kids there, the kids grow up to blame not the parents but society.

Another rant that is not over yet.

[jukin]

Looks like socialism is working out in the USA just like it has worked everywhere else and every other time. Bringing poverty,  misery, and death.