Thursday, August 26, 2004

Posted here Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 10:54:01 AM     Update on Census economic report, full report at http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p60-226.pdf   So far it looks like they use mostly median values. ********

Posted here Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 8:43:40 AM     So much happening. I find interset and drama in very local politics: what;s happening in your town?  Take the time to get to know the  council, mayor, developers, editors. It makes life more realizeable, and, you can see how larger issues affect local choices and thinking. But meanwhile, http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/26/news/economy/poverty.reut/ Survey: More Americans in poverty Census Bureau report says 1.3 million slipped below benchmark; health care coverage also declines. August 26, 2004: 10:28 AM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 1.3 million Americans slid into poverty in 2003 despite the economic recovery, and children and blacks were worse off than most, the government said Thursday in a report certain to fuel Democratic criticism of President Bush. The percentage of the U.S. population living in poverty rose to 12.5 percent from 12.1 percent in 2002, the Census Bureau said in its annual poverty report, seen by some as the most important score card on the nation's economy and Bush's first term in office. The ranks of the poor rose to 35.9 million, a boost of 1.3 million. Health care coverage also dropped last year and incomes were essentially stagnant, the Census Bureau said in its annual poverty report, seen by some as the most important score card on the nation's economy and Bush's first term in office.   It will be important to take these numbers apart. For example, when it saya income is stagnanat, if that is an average, it may mean that upper went up, and lower went down. The question is, where is the tipping point. If the top 1% goes up 1% that may mean the bottom ten percent or more going down 1%. "on average, humans are all dead." ********