[driftless2]

The whole liberal-driven poverty question, like everything else driven by libs, is suspect. If we check that facts, according to Mark Levin in his book “Liberty and Tyranny” the greatest increase in the poverty rate comes from Mexican immigrants...legal and illegal. Of course, if Obama is re-elected, we’ll see millions more non-immigrants thrust into poverty.

[hinckley buzzard]

Many of these statistics are not what they appear. The government had a strong campaign last year to recruit people on to the SNAP(food stamp) program. They are proud of the numbers. Many of the "elderly in poverty" are living in nursing homes, no income, but total care provided courtesy of medicaid. "Food insecurity" is a bogus concept that counts you if you claim to have some anxiety about your next meal, even if you never miss one. And so on.