When can we call the Great Society a Great liberal failure?
US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s
My Way News - US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s
WASHINGTON (AP) - The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.
Census figures for 2011 will be released this fall in the critical weeks ahead of the November elections.
The Associated Press surveyed more than a dozen economists, think tanks and academics, both nonpartisan and those with known liberal or conservative leanings, and found a broad consensus: The official poverty rate will rise from 15.1 percent in 2010, climbing as high as 15.7 percent. Several predicted a more modest gain, but even a 0.1 percentage point increase would put poverty at the highest since 1965.
You can thank Reaganomics and bullshit supply side trickle down economics. The middle class was thriving in the 1970s before idiot Reagan took over. Of course, you Repug dumb ***** will NEVER understand that because you are ******* serfs sucking the cocks of rich Repugs.
It is your poor white trash duty after all to do the bidding of your rich Repug feudal masters, just like the poor white trash who fought for the plantantion owners during the Civil War.
You have to be about 12 years old to make such asinine statements. The economy under Carter was dismal at best to the point where the fool gave his famous Malaise speech. During the 70s under Carter there were long gasoline lines and OPEC rose up to control our fuel prices for the foreseeable future. Reagan started the greatest peace time expansion of the economy in history one that Clinton rode to glory, unless of course you wish to point to what you believe Clinton did. Of course Clinton had a Republican Congress with a contract to America in which they were successful in fulfilling. What did Clinton leave Bush? A recession, a dot.com crash, free trade agreements, a Y2K wind down and yes 9/11. All that and the economy remained stable. But now the chickens are coming home to roost over Clinton's free trade agreements and some act surprised.
Then what happened in 2006, you should be old enough to remember. Yes, the democrats took over Congress, they did everything they wanted and ignored Bush. No Budget for them they just spent and spent. Two full years to do whatever they wanted, WHATEVER. Then one year of doing anything that they and Obama wanted. And what did they do about jobs? Absolutely nothing but spend you grandchildren into debt. They concentrated on Obamatax the biggest tax increase in the history of the country. No, it is the left that ignores the damage they inflict. You can be forgiven because obviously you are not old enough to remember and if you are then I feel bad for your early on set of Alzheimer disease.
6 years of democrat foolery and the poverty rate is increasing, we can't do more of the same that would be lunacy, or liberal not much different.