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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: longnshort who wrote (250895)9/11/2005 4:44:45 PM
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"Why is a 17.8 percent poverty rate now considered so much worse than a 19.7 percent poverty rate from 1993 to 2000?"

Figures lie and liars figure.

Because the 19.7% is an average over the whole 8 years, the first few were the recovery from Bush41's recession. If you look at the last 4 years of Clinton's administration, you will probably see a lower poverty rate. Not that you have a prayer at actually understanding that...
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