Posted on 09/19/2018 5:41:37 AM PDT by Brilliant
Nearly a decade after the Great Recession, the percentage of Floridians who were living in poverty in 2017 was at its lowest level since 2008, according to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
About 14 percent of the Sunshine States population had incomes below the poverty line last year compared with 13.2 percent in 2008.
That means between 2.8 million and 2.9 million people were living in poverty in Florida in 2017.
The Census Bureau measures poverty annually and sets the threshold based on factors such as household income and family size, including the number of children. A family of four, including two children, would be considered below the poverty line in 2017 if their combined income was less than $24,848...
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
This could start changing Nov 7th.
There must be a P/C math story-problem in this article.
High Income Earners *x + Low Income Earners * y = 100%
What type of events must occur for “y” to become smaller?
So, by all means, vote a Marxist/socialist into office.
Boneheads.
Now, now, you all know this was accomplished by the great Obama.
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