Re: America's poor

Hi Alan,
        I have just visited your website and I think you are being extremely
modest about the content. I think you have done an excellent job.

I was particularly impressed by Pete Seeger and the Weavers singing
"Solidarity Forever". The photographic display is a brilliant reminder of
that generation of people around the end of the 19th Century who fought so
hard against incredible suffering to give a foundation to the Trade Union
movement everywhere.

Great stuff, keep up the good work.

Fraternally

Bob Malone




On 8/30/06 7:06 AM, "alan johnstone" <ajsc21755@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One in eight Americans and almost one in four blacks lived in poverty last
> year, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Tuesday, releasing a figure virtually
> unchanged from 2004.
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> 15.9 percent of the population, or 46.6 million, had no health insurance, up
> from 15.6 percent in 2004 and the fifth increase in a row.
> 
> 37 million Americans lived below the poverty line, defined as having an annual
> income below around $10,000 (5,300 pounds) for an individual or $20,000
> (10,600 pounds) for a family of four.
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> 25% of blacks and 21.8 percent of Hispanics were living in poverty.
> Among whites, the rate edged down to 8.3 percent from 8.7 percent in 2004.
> 
> Black median income, at $30,858 (16,300 pounds), was only 61 percent of the
> median for whites
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> 17.6 percent of children under 18 and 20% of those under 6 were in poverty,
> higher than for any other age group.
> Real median household income rose by 1.1 percent between to $46,326 (24,500
> pounds) from $45,817 (24,200 pounds) -- its first increase since 1999.
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> The figures contained wide regional variations, ranging from a median
> household income of $61,672 (32,600 pounds) in New Jersey to $32,938 (17,400
> pounds) for Mississippi.
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> Major cities with the highest proportions of poor people included Cleveland
> with 32.4 percent and Detroit with 31.4 percent under the poverty line.
> 
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/29082006/325/eight-americans-live-poverty.html
> 
> alan johnstone
> homepage:- http://mailstrom.blogspot.com/
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