Raising the minimum wage — Page 5

Hey wow, it's a title-less thread now. Makes sense given its brainless creator!

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The empty box at the top of the thread looks as transparent as "Rodney" does. Isn't that right, Eric?

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Just got here.

A couple of pages ago, Zola said,
"In fact, the slip into greater poverty started three years ago. Each year since 2001, we have experienced greater and greater poverty"

And then Gotham asked,

"What source did this come from?"

Here's the August 26, 2004 press release from the US Census Bureau (if you search further on the Census Bureau site, you'll find all of stats that back up Zola's statement 100% -- poverty sank to the lowest levels in a generation under Clinton, decreasing every year of his administration; it has since increased dramatically every year since 2001 under Bush):


-- Margo
(who now plans to return to the Main Board where it's safe)

Income Stable, Poverty Up, Numbers of Americans With and Without Health Insurance Rise, Census Bureau Reports

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Updated On: 10/15/04 at 03:37 PM

Margo, it's just like a Democrat to back up an assertion with quotes from a vehicle as partisan as the US Census. (Kidding. Love you.)

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Holy crap - he was a freak.

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Nightmare.

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I remember this thread! Was just a voyeur at that time.

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