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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (465341)	9/26/2003 7:43:55 AM
From: Arthur Radley	Respond to of 769670

Posted 9/26/2003 12:31 AM Updated 9/26/2003 6:45 AM 2 years in a row, more in poverty By Peronet Despeignes, USA TODAY More than a million Americans sank into poverty last year, an annual Census report is expected to show today. It would be the first time in nearly a decade that the number of poor rose two years in a row. A board member laments closure of a needed homeless shelter in Waynesboro, Pa. , due to fire code violations. By Markell DeLoatch, Public Opinion via AP Experts at the University of Michigan, the conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation and the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said they expected official figures to show the U.S. poverty rate growing from 11.7% in 2001 to around 12.3% in 2002. Their predictions generally are accurate within a few decimal points. The figures were previewed three weeks ago by a Census survey testing a new methodology. Today's figures are considered more authoritative and comprehensive. They're the ones used by the government in calculating unemployment and setting policies. Although the economy is showing signs of improvement, poverty rates lag behind economic shifts. Today's report will give Democrats ammunition to attack President Bush's stewardship of the economy.