[line drive to right]

Maybe the poverty rate has increased, however, if I remember correctly, the POVERTY RATES DURING THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WERE LOWER THAN THE RATES OF THE FIRST SIX YEARS OF THE CLINTON "ADMINISTRATION." Somebody who knows where to check this, please do.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Here you go. Knock it out of the park, line drive to right! :)

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html