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Title: Will Republicans Take Credit For This? Post by: Howey on September 16, 2014, 07:10:37 pm I'm sure... (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/09/16/income-poverty-and-health-insurance-united-states-2013)
(http://i.imgur.com/tK1dz5v.jpg) Quote The overall poverty rate declined to 14.5 percent in 2013 due to the largest one-year drop in child poverty since 1966. The poverty rate for people under age 18 fell by 1.9 percentage point from 2012 to 2013, equivalent to 1.4 million young people lifted out of poverty. Poverty rates for other age groups (18-64 and 65+) were little changed. The official poverty rate for 2013 remains above its pre-recession rate. This official poverty rate does not reflect the full effect of anti-poverty policies because it excludes the direct effect of key measures like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Notably, the EITC was expanded in 2009, and those expansions were subsequently extended. Accounting for such policies would reduce the number of people counted as being in poverty by millions. And household income? (http://i.imgur.com/knvypTS.jpg) Thanks Obama! Title: Re: Will Republicans Take Credit For This? Post by: Howey on September 16, 2014, 07:11:10 pm There's more at the link...including Obamacare participation. |