red states rule
08-27-2008, 05:50 AM
How can this be folks? The numbers if uninsured is down, and incomes rose!!
Yet the messiah and Dems are telling us things stink, and how we are only days away from a recession if not a depression
I am sure some doom and gloom libs like MFM and BP will rise to the occassion and tell us how the report nothing but a pack of right wing lies
Census: Uninsured total shrank, incomes rose in 2007
By Dennis Cauchon and Julie Appleby, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Despite an economy starting to wobble, incomes were up and more people had health insurance last year, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Income inequality even shrank a bit.
The snapshot was taken before 2008, when the housing market collapse accelerated and job losses soared.
The nation has lost 463,000 jobs since the start of 2008, after adding 1.1 million in 2007, so it's not clear whether the economic gains of last year are continuing.
CENSUS AND POVERTY: See figures for your state
EXPERTS: Economy may stall push for health care
The Census reported:
•Income. Median household income rose to $50,233 in 2007 after adjusting for inflation. That's $665 more than a year earlier but still below the peak of 1999. Income in black households rose for the first time since 1999.
•Poverty. The poverty rate remained stable at 12.5% of households.
•Equality. The top one-fifth of households took home slightly less of the nation's income in 2007. The middle and lower-middle class gained the most.
•Insurance. The number of people without health insurance dropped 1.3 million to 45.7 million. The uninsured fell to 15.3% from 15.8%. The primary reason for decline: More people, especially children, are covered by government-sponsored insurance.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2008-08-26-census-poverty_N.htm?csp=15
Yet the messiah and Dems are telling us things stink, and how we are only days away from a recession if not a depression
I am sure some doom and gloom libs like MFM and BP will rise to the occassion and tell us how the report nothing but a pack of right wing lies
Census: Uninsured total shrank, incomes rose in 2007
By Dennis Cauchon and Julie Appleby, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Despite an economy starting to wobble, incomes were up and more people had health insurance last year, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Income inequality even shrank a bit.
The snapshot was taken before 2008, when the housing market collapse accelerated and job losses soared.
The nation has lost 463,000 jobs since the start of 2008, after adding 1.1 million in 2007, so it's not clear whether the economic gains of last year are continuing.
CENSUS AND POVERTY: See figures for your state
EXPERTS: Economy may stall push for health care
The Census reported:
•Income. Median household income rose to $50,233 in 2007 after adjusting for inflation. That's $665 more than a year earlier but still below the peak of 1999. Income in black households rose for the first time since 1999.
•Poverty. The poverty rate remained stable at 12.5% of households.
•Equality. The top one-fifth of households took home slightly less of the nation's income in 2007. The middle and lower-middle class gained the most.
•Insurance. The number of people without health insurance dropped 1.3 million to 45.7 million. The uninsured fell to 15.3% from 15.8%. The primary reason for decline: More people, especially children, are covered by government-sponsored insurance.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2008-08-26-census-poverty_N.htm?csp=15