https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2014/1/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-p.htm JAP69's Blog: How Poor Are America's Poor? Examining the "Plague" of Poverty in America en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2014/1/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-p.htm#c121510 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2014/1/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-p.htm#c121510 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:56:25 GMT lilluv Sorry ,Jap didn't mean to rub you the wrong way , during those years there was an overwhelming number of Blacks who had a literacy problem and for good reasons.

]]> lilluv https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2014/1/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-p.htm#c121458 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2014/1/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-p.htm#c121458 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:52:12 GMT JAP69 _____________________<br />Does an identifying race need to be mentioned when talking about another individual? <br /><br />Does "Could not read, write, do math and incapable of signing his name" identify a race? I do not think so. <br /><br />Would it have made you feel better if I said "I knew a white or black uneducated individual"? <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br

]]> JAP69 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2014/1/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-p.htm#c121454 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2014/1/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-p.htm#c121454 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:11:22 GMT rdgrnr Everybody has to walk on eggshells trying not to "offend" anybody.

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]]> rdgrnr https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2014/1/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-p.htm#c121451 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2014/1/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-p.htm#c121451 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:01:04 GMT lilluv Jap would this person you 're talking about so carefully be "Black" for some reason it has that concerning aspect to it.;)

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]]> JAP69 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2014/1/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-p.htm#c121435 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2014/1/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-p.htm#c121435 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 02:38:07 GMT rdgrnr Educated people don't vote Democrat.

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Hey Juan. Lets get real on the povery debate.

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How Poor Are America's Poor? Examining the Plague of Poverty in America

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2007/08/how-poor

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Immigration and Poverty

Unfortunately, any effort to reduce the number of poor persons in the U.S. will be partially offset by current immigration policies. Each year, immigration (both legal and illegal) adds hundreds of thousands of new persons to the nation's poverty count. Overall, first-generation immigrants and their minor children account for nearly one-fourth of all poor people in the U.S.[37]

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Conclusion

The living conditions of persons defined as poor by the government bear little resemblance to notions of poverty promoted by politicians and political activists. If poverty is defined as lacking adequate nutritious food for one's family, a reasonably warm and dry apartment to live in, or a car with which to get to work when one is needed, then there are relatively few poor persons remaining in the United States. Real material hardship does occur, but it is limited in scope and severity.

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