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RE: War on poverty---Is there an exit strategy?

You always have to find the holes dontcha...I bet all these people did just that...quit their jobs...cried poverty but had a quick mill in the bank....

RE: Feeling too tired for love?

Yep....That's me...too tired even bother building anything...ohhhhhhhh what you're proposing would be too easy....

RE: Question: After getting along so well online - what makes a guy drop off from the face of the earth?

Fine thennnnnnnnn...


Youuuuuuuuu wouldn't even care if I didn't sayyyyyy goodbye....

RE: Question: After getting along so well online - what makes a guy drop off from the face of the earth?

That word sums it all up quite nicely....

RE: War on poverty---Is there an exit strategy?

This is how we propose to create these opportunities:


First we will give high priority to helping young Americans who lack skills, who have not completed their education or who cannot complete it because they arc too poor. . . .

Second, through a new Community Action program we intend to strike at poverty at its source - in the streets of our cities and on the farms of our countryside among the very young and the impoverished old.


Third, I ask for the authority to recruit and train skilled volunteers for the war against poverty.

Thousands of Americans have volunteered to serve the needs of other lands.

Thousands more want the chance to serve the needs of their own land.

They should have that chance.

Fourth, we intend to create new opportunities for certain hard-hit groups to break out of the pattern of poverty.

Fifth, I do not intend that the war against poverty become a series of uncoordinated and unrelated efforts - that it perish for lack of leadership and direction.



This was not just suppose to be a government effort but an active effort by the government and all the resources within the U.S. to be coordnated and work together to fight the ongoing war on poverty.

It doesn't appear as if there is an end to it as long as poverty exists...but it is supposed to shift and change according to need etc...

RE: War on poverty---Is there an exit strategy?

How does the poverty rate vary under alternative definitions?

The official poverty measure has been criticized for not accounting for several factors that can affect a family's economic well-being and for not having been updated, except for inflation, for four decades.

For example, while cash benefits from government assistance programs are included in a family's income when calculating the official poverty measure, benefits received in-kind such as food stamps, Medicare or Medicaid, employer provided health insurance, housing subsidies, and other social services are excluded. Taxes that families pay and tax credits they receive such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) do not enter into the official poverty determination.

Additionally, the threshold value a family must earn to escape poverty was developed in the 1960s by combining emergency food budget data from the US Department of Agriculture with an estimate of what fraction of income families spend on food. Although the thresholds are adjusted each year for inflation, some analysts believe that these numbers no longer accurately reflect the minimal resources a family requires.

A sample of alternative measures is included in the figure below for years in which they are available. The black line represents the official poverty rate. The blue line represents one of the Census Bureau's alternative measures, which includes food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid and housing subsidies as income. The taxes the family pays are then subtracted, and the resulting net resources are compared to the standard poverty threshold.

The green line represents one of the alternative measures using NAS methodology. This particular series subtracts out-of-pocket medical expenses from a family's income, computes a threshold each year based on consumption data, and adjusts this threshold based on the cost-of-living in different geographic areas.


Proposal for A Nationwide War On The Sources of Poverty'

Lyndon B. Johnson's Special Message to Congress, March 16, 1964



Because it is right, because it is wise, and because, for the first time in our history, it is possible to conquer poverty, I submit, for the consideration of the Congress and the country, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.


This Act provides five basic opportunities.

It will give almost half a million underprivileged young Americans the opportunity to develop skills, continue education, and find useful work.

It will give every American community the opportunity to develop a comprehensive plan to fight its own poverty-and help them to carry out their plans.

It will give dedicated Americans the opportunity to enlist as volunteers in the war against poverty.

It will give many workers and farmers the opportunity to break through particular barriers which bar their escape from poverty.

It will give the entire nation the opportunity for a concerted attack on poverty through the establishment, tinder my direction, of the Office of Economic Opportunity, a national headquarters for the war against poverty.



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RE: War on poverty---Is there an exit strategy?

How does poverty differ across subgroups?

The poverty rate for all persons masks considerable variation between racial/ethnic subgroups. Poverty rates for blacks and Hispanics greatly exceed the national average. In 2007, 24.5 percent of blacks and 21.5 percent of Hispanics were poor, compared to 8.2 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 10.2 percent of Asians.

Poverty rates are highest for families headed by single women, particularly if they are black or Hispanic. In 2007, 28.3 percent of households headed by single women were poor, while 13.6 percent of households headed by single men and 4.9 percent of married-couple households lived in poverty.

There are also differences between native-born and foreign-born residents. In 2007, 16.5 percent of foreign-born residents lived in poverty, compared to 11.9 percent of residents born in the United States. Foreign-born, non-citizens had an even higher incidence of poverty, at a rate of 21.3 percent.

How many children live in poverty?

Children represent a disproportionate share of the poor in the United States; they are 25 percent of the total population, but 35 percent of the poor population. In 2007, 13.3 million children, or 17.4 percent, were poor. The poverty rate for children also varies substantially by race and Hispanic origin, as shown in the table below.

Children Under 18 Living in Poverty, 2007

Category


Number (in thousands)


Percent

All children under 18


13,324


18.0

White only, non-Hispanic


4,255


10.1

Black


4,178


33.7

Hispanic


4,482


28.6

Asian


431


11.9

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007, Report P60, n. 235, Table B-2, pp. 60-5.




Wellllllllll obviously since poverty has declined since the 1960's there has been a considerable downgrade since then...I don't think according to these stats that you can say there was no real problem with it when the war on poverty began and I do still think there are specific areas and populations that are still over-represented when it comes to poverty like children...African Americans etc that need additional work done via the war on poverty...

RE: War on poverty---Is there an exit strategy?

How does the United States measure poverty?

The United States determines the official poverty rate using poverty thresholds that are issued each year by the Census Bureau. The thresholds represent the annual amount of cash income minimally required to support families of various sizes.

The methodology for calculating the thresholds was established in the mid-1960s and has not changed in the intervening years. The thresholds are updated annually to account for inflation.

A family is counted as poor if its pretax money income is below its poverty threshold. Money income does not include noncash benefits such as public housing, Medicaid, employer-provided health insurance and food stamps.


A sampling of the poverty thresholds for 2007 is included in the table below. A complete list can be found on the Census Bureau's website (www.census.gov).


2007 Poverty Thresholds, Selected Family Types

Single Individual


Under 65 years


$ 10,787

65 years & older


$ 9,944


Single Parent


One child


$ 14,291


Two children


$ 16,705


Two Adults


No children


$ 13,884

One child


$ 16,689

Two children


$ 21,027

Three children


$ 24,744

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007, Report P60, n. 235, p. 53.


Poverty guidelines are a simplified version of poverty thresholds and are issued by the Department of Health and Human Services to determine financial eligibility for certain federal programs. For more information on these guidelines, see the 2008 Federal Poverty Guidelines.

How many people were poor in 2007?

In 2007, 12.5 percent of all persons lived in poverty. In 1993 the poverty rate was 15.1 percent. Between 1993 and 2000, the poverty rate fell each year, reaching 11.3 percent in 2000.


How has poverty changed over time?

In the late 1950s, the poverty rate for all Americans was 22.4 percent, or 39.5 million individuals. These numbers declined steadily throughout the 1960s, reaching a low of 11.1 percent, or 22.9 million individuals, in 1973. Over the next decade, the poverty rate fluctuated between 11.1 and 12.6 percent, but it began to rise steadily again in 1980. By 1983, the number of poor individuals had risen to 35.3 million individuals, or 15.2 percent.

For the next ten years, the poverty rate remained above 12.8 percent, increasing to 15.1 percent, or 39.3 million individuals, by 1993. The rate declined for the remainder of the decade, to 11.3 percent by 2000. From 2000 to 2004 it rose each year to 12.7 in 2004.

Since the late 1960s, the poverty rate for people over 65 has fallen dramatically. The poverty rate for children has historically been somewhat higher than the overall poverty rate. The poverty rate for people in households headed by single women is significantly higher than the overall poverty rate.



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RE: Need Prayers for my grand daughter

Glad to hear it kitty....

RE: Time for a Break

I really can't say I blame ya Zeeeeee...Take care...Hope hour tests turn out ok.....

RE: Randomly Post The First Thing That Pops Into Your Head Thread

Good for you and Merky...I am soooooo happy for you two....

RE: How Long Did It Take Those Who Have Found It

I have been here 3 years and still haven't found it...soooooooo I will be concentrating on my one true love...My career....it's rewarding...less BS and I get paid for it....

RE: Question: After getting along so well online - what makes a guy drop off from the face of the earth?

No I knew what ya meant...BUT then it British too cause that's what most of our lingo here is based on too....

RE: Question: After getting along so well online - what makes a guy drop off from the face of the earth?

No doubt...and yeah it is important...

RE: Question: After getting along so well online - what makes a guy drop off from the face of the earth?

That's the key words...respect...and dignity and they don't have either...

RE: Question: After getting along so well online - what makes a guy drop off from the face of the earth?

Then there's that....

RE: Question: After getting along so well online - what makes a guy drop off from the face of the earth?

Yeah until C comes along...then D...and then E....

RE: No fighting or sadness only silliness

Nighty Night darlin....

RE: Question: After getting along so well online - what makes a guy drop off from the face of the earth?

Wellll ya would think...I guess some of them would rather leave it open just in case they might wanna come back and play with ya again a couple more times....

RE: No fighting or sadness only silliness

Yeah me too in a few....Nighty Night doll....

RE: No fighting or sadness only silliness

Nighty Night doll...Better sleep with one eye open cause I might just do that.....

RE: Question: After getting along so well online - what makes a guy drop off from the face of the earth?

Nope...it's not doll....

RE: No fighting or sadness only silliness

Hey is they can use them in Tequila...then I can use them in my eggnog....

RE: WHAT'S WRONG WITH WESTERN WOMEN?

Yes me too and it is our choice I agree...

RE: Question: After getting along so well online - what makes a guy drop off from the face of the earth?

Yeahhhhhhhhhh....I wanna know too....

RE: No fighting or sadness only silliness

RE: WHAT'S WRONG WITH WESTERN WOMEN?

Nope we don't...

RE: WHAT'S WRONG WITH WESTERN WOMEN?

Very true..we don't...

RE: No fighting or sadness only silliness

OMG!!!!!!! I can just imagine two people doing that...BUT hey that has to be the secret that we don't know about....

RE: No fighting or sadness only silliness

Yes but ya gotta act like the angel fish....and that must be part of it......