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Originally posted by Kuan
Poverty rose again last year. Another 1.7 million people fell into poverty in 2002. This is an increase of .4 percent from 11.7 to 12.1.
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This number is between
2001 and now, while a survey of 29 major cities showed that emergency requests for food are up
16%! What does that say?...FAR more people seem to be CLAIMING to have need than actually DO have need.
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Originally posted by Kuan
The largest groups affected were blacks and married couples, a large proportion in the Midwest........
..........African Americans weren't hit as hard as a group.........
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Which is it? Were blacks the largerst group affected, or not?
Mike