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From: tejek	9/13/2005 4:28:32 PM
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The point of the article is that for a nation so wealthy its surprising how many 3rd world parts exist within its borders. Only if you define "parts" in a pretty odd way. No state, or major portion of a state, or city of any size, in th US, has third world levels of poverty. May be not an entire city but certainly a big portion of a city like New Orleans. Statistically, a third of the population is below the poverty level established by the US gov't. And I suspect that masks the extent of the problem. Even with just a third of the population, that's 161K people in pre Katrina NO who lived at third world levels. In a nation that is as wealthy as the US that's unconscionable. "According to a report by Total Community Action, a New Orleans public advocacy group, nearly one in three of New Orleans’ 485,000 residents live below the poverty level. The majority of that group is black. A spokesperson for the United Negro College Fund noted that the city’s poor live in some of the most dilapidated housing in the nation." berkeleydailyplanet.com "Which means it isn't a measure of poverty but rather inequality." Huh? Its both. Once again - "Child poverty is a particularly sensitive indicator for income poverty in rich countries. It is defined as living in a family with an income below 50 per cent of the national average." The definition is entirely based on inequality. Not poverty in any absolute sense. I am not understanding you. Inequality often leads to poverty why do you suggest they are mutually exclusive? ted

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