Welfare rolls down despite rise in poverty, Census Bureau says

Washington Times ^ | Thursday, September 4, 2003 | By Cheryl Wetzstein

[JohnHuang2]

Welfare rolls fell again last year even though an economic slowdown pushed more people into poverty, federal data show.

Numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau yesterday show the number of people living in poverty during 2002 grew slightly, from 12.1 percent to 12.4 percent and the portion of children living in poverty, from 16.4 percent to 17.2 percent. This translates to roughly 1.4 million more people in poverty for a total of 34.7 million, the bureau's American Community Survey states.

[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, September 4, 2003

Quote of the Day by kcordell

[Mind-numbed Robot]

What is the government's definition of poverty? It is probably at a level that would be considered middle class in most countries.