Census: US poverty rate swells to nearly 1 in 6

In many cases Poverty leads to Prostitutions, no wonder USA is now deemed "USA Prostitution Country"

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US federal Guidelines define poverty as those earning less than about $23,000 per year for a family of four. At this rate 95% of people in Guyana would be living in poverty, especially the thousands who earn $2 a day. No wonder they line up at the US Embassy every morning or wait for the Western Union remittances to arrive every month.

Chart 1 shows ownership of property and consumer durables among poor households based on data from the 2009 American Housing Survey,[4] which was conducted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Census Bureau, and the 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey, which was conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy.[5] These surveys show that:

80 percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, in 1970, only 36 percent of the U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.

92 percent of poor households have a microwave.
Nearly three-fourths have a car or truck, and 31 percent have two or more cars or trucks.

Nearly two-thirds have cable or satellite TV.
Two-thirds have at least one DVD player, and 70 percent have a VCR.

Half have a personal computer, and one in seven have two or more computers.

More than half of poor families with children have a video game system, such as an Xbox or PlayStation.

43 percent have Internet service.

40 percent have an automatic dishwasher.

One-third have a wide-screen plasma or LCD TV.
Around one-fourth have a digital video recorder, such as a TiVo.

More than half have a cell phone.

Of course, nearly all poor households have commonplace amenities such as color TVs, telephones, and kitchens equipped with an oven, stove, and refrigerator.

In 2005, more than half of poor households had at least five of the following 10 conveniences: a computer, cable or satellite TV, air conditioning, Internet service, a large-screen TV, non-portable stereo, computer printer, separate freezer or second refrigerator, microwave, and at least one color TV. One-fourth of the poor had seven or more of these 10 items in their homes. (See Chart 2.)

The exact combination of these 10 amenities obviously varied from one poor household to the next. Median or average poor households (five of 10 amenities) most commonly had air conditioning, cable TV, a stereo, microwave, and at least one TV.

Since 2005, the share of poor households having air conditioning, computers, wide-screen TVs, Internet service, and microwaves has increased significantly. Today, it is likely that a majority of poor households have at least six of the 10 items.

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Originally posted by André:
US federal Guidelines define poverty as those earning less than about $23,000 per year for a family of four. At this rate 95% of people in Guyana would be living in poverty, especially the thousands who earn $2 a day. No wonder they line up at the US Embassy every morning or wait for the Western Union remittances to arrive every month.

What does Guyana poverty have to do with US poverty. With $23,000 in GT, you can live a decent life, but $23,000 in US, you will be lining up for handouts.

Nutrition and Poor Children. Government surveys provide little evidence of widespread undernutrition among poor children. In fact, they show that the average nutriment consumption among the poor closely resembles consumption among the upper middle class.
Children in families with incomes below the poverty level actually consume more meat than do children in upper-middle-class families.

Table 1 shows the average intake of protein, vitamins, and minerals as a percentage of the RDA among poor and middle-class children at various age levels.[10] The intake of nutriments is very similar for poor and middle-class children and is generally well above the recommended daily level. For example, the consumption of protein (a relatively expensive nutriment) among poor children averages between 150 percent and 267 percent of the RDA.

When shortfalls of specific vitamins and minerals appear (for example, among teenage girls), they tend to be very similar for the poor and the middle class. While poor teenage girls, on average, tend to underconsume vitamin E, vitamin B-6, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, and zinc, a virtually identical underconsumption of these same nutriments appears among upper-middle-class girls. Along these lines, the USDA reports that there is no difference in diet quality between high and low-income children as measured by its healthy eating index.[11]

Poor Children’s Weight and Stature. On average, poor children are very well nourished, and there is no evidence of widespread significant undernutrition. For example, two indicators of undernutrition among the young are “thinness” (low weight for height) and stuntedness (low height for age). These problems are rare to nonexistent among poor American children.

The generally good health of poor American children can be illustrated by international comparisons. Table 2 provides data on children’s size based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Data Base on Child Growth: Children are judged to be short or “stunted” if their height falls below the 2.3 percentile level of standard height-to-age tables.[12] Table 2 shows the percentage of children under five years of age in developing nations who are judged to be “stunted” by this standard.

In developing nations, some 43 percent of children are stunted. In Africa, more than one- third of young children are affected; in Asia, nearly half.[13] By contrast, in the United States, some 2.6 percent of young children in poor households are stunted by a comparable standard—a rate only slightly above the expected standard for healthy, well-nourished children.[14] While concern for the well-being of poor American children is always prudent, the data underscore how large and well-nourished poor American children are by global standards.

Throughout this century, improvements in nutrition and health have led to increases in the growth rate and the ultimate height and weight of American children. Poor children have clearly benefited from this trend. Today, poor boys at ages 18 and 19 are actually taller and heavier than boys of similar age in the general U.S. population in the late 1950s. They are one inch taller and some 10 pounds heavier than GIs of similar age during World War II and nearly two inches taller and 20 pounds heavier than American doughboys back in World War I.[15]

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Originally posted by Abu Jihad:
What does Guyana poverty have to do with US poverty. With $23,000 in GT, you can live a decent life, but $23,000 in US, you will be lining up for handouts.

US guidelines for poverty definition is very high. It's a lot more than the average income in most countries. they are not getting $23,000 in Guyana. They're getting little more Tthan two dollars per day. At least in the US we take care of our own here. Yes they line up for folders ps but at least they have some relief along with welfare, unemployment and social security. You ever see how those people drive up with their Mercedes and shopping with food stamps at the supermarket and they look well fed. Your Umma buddies Supermike and ASJ also braying about Guyana being so great and the USA so poor, that's why the comparison is relevant. Yet they ain't leaving the Yankee doodle soup they leeching off of no matter how much I try to chase them out

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Originally posted by André:
US federal Guidelines define poverty as those earning less than about $23,000 per year for a family of four. At this rate 95% of people in Guyana would be living in poverty, especially the thousands who earn $2 a day. No wonder they line up at the US Embassy every morning or wait for the Western Union remittances to arrive every month.

There is no real poverty in the US, where a poor person can apply for walfare, whereas in Guyana, no assistance is available to a poor person and they have to beg or steal to survive.
In the North, people are also more compassionate to food banks, whereas in Guyana, its a dog eat dog world of survival, with no government intervention, other than unimaginable pension plans and unaffordable mansions to ordinary citizens.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Census Bureau reports the number of Americans in poverty jumped to 15.1 percent in 2010, a 27-year high.

About 46.2 million people, or nearly 1 in 6, were in poverty. That's up from 43.6 million, or 14.3 percent, in 2009. It was the highest level since 1983.

The number of people lacking health insurance increased to 49.9 million, a new high after revisions were made to 2009 figures. Losses were due mostly to working-age Americans who lost employer-provided insurance in the weak economy. Main provisions of the health overhaul don't take effect until 2014.

The statistics released Tuesday cover 2010, when U.S. unemployment averaged 9.6 percent, up from 9.3 percent the previous year.

The median — or midpoint — household income was $49,445, a 2.3 decline from 2009.

Ok, poverty is not absolute, but real incomes have slipped a bit due to the economy and the current imbalances in the system.

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Originally posted by André:

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Originally posted by Abu Jihad:
What does Guyana poverty have to do with US poverty. With $23,000 in GT, you can live a decent life, but $23,000 in US, you will be lining up for handouts.

US guidelines for poverty definition is very high. It's a lot more than the average income in most countries. they are not getting $23,000 in Guyana. They're getting little more Tthan two dollars per day. At least in the US we take care of our own here. Yes they line up for folders ps but at least they have some relief along with welfare, unemployment and social security. You ever see how those people drive up with their Mercedes and shopping with food stamps at the supermarket and they look well fed. Your Umma buddies Supermike and ASJ also braying about Guyana being so great and the USA so poor, that's why the comparison is relevant. Yet they ain't leaving the Yankee doodle soup they leeching off of no matter how much I try to chase them out

in short millions of people starving rite here....millions BELOW THE POVERTY LINE rite here in the GREAT USA...stop trying ot paint a bright picture....Americans knows that the country heading fu the shyte hole.

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Originally posted by Abu Jihad:

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Originally posted by André:
US federal Guidelines define poverty as those earning less than about $23,000 per year for a family of four. At this rate 95% of people in Guyana would be living in poverty, especially the thousands who earn $2 a day. No wonder they line up at the US Embassy every morning or wait for the Western Union remittances to arrive every month.

What does Guyana poverty have to do with US poverty. With $23,000 in GT, you can live a decent life, but $23,000 in US, you will be lining up for handouts.

Dem chaps dis naa gat none shame in dem rass....wait..ah hear another financial melt dung is around the karnaa...dem rass go eat chaak soon..rite hey in the GREAT USA

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Originally posted by SuperMike:

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Originally posted by Abu Jihad:

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Originally posted by André:
US federal Guidelines define poverty as those earning less than about $23,000 per year for a family of four. At this rate 95% of people in Guyana would be living in poverty, especially the thousands who earn $2 a day. No wonder they line up at the US Embassy every morning or wait for the Western Union remittances to arrive every month.

What does Guyana poverty have to do with US poverty. With $23,000 in GT, you can live a decent life, but $23,000 in US, you will be lining up for handouts.

Dem chaps dis naa gat none shame in dem rass....wait..ah hear another financial melt dung is around the karnaa...dem rass go eat chaak soon..rite hey in the GREAT USA

Suh wen yuh going back to PPP Guyana Leh we kno we gun gee yuh wan rayal send off

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Originally posted by Pointblank:

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Originally posted by SuperMike:

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Originally posted by Abu Jihad:

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Originally posted by André:
US federal Guidelines define poverty as those earning less than about $23,000 per year for a family of four. At this rate 95% of people in Guyana would be living in poverty, especially the thousands who earn $2 a day. No wonder they line up at the US Embassy every morning or wait for the Western Union remittances to arrive every month.

What does Guyana poverty have to do with US poverty. With $23,000 in GT, you can live a decent life, but $23,000 in US, you will be lining up for handouts.

Dem chaps dis naa gat none shame in dem rass....wait..ah hear another financial melt dung is around the karnaa...dem rass go eat chaak soon..rite hey in the GREAT USA

Suh wen yuh going back to PPP Guyana Leh we kno we gun gee yuh wan rayal send off

i am here now you fool and it surely better dan dat good fu nothing place yu dey in

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Originally posted by SuperMike:

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Originally posted by André:

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Originally posted by Abu Jihad:
What does Guyana poverty have to do with US poverty. With $23,000 in GT, you can live a decent life, but $23,000 in US, you will be lining up for handouts.

US guidelines for poverty definition is very high. It's a lot more than the average income in most countries. they are not getting $23,000 in Guyana. They're getting little more Tthan two dollars per day. At least in the US we take care of our own here. Yes they line up for folders ps but at least they have some relief along with welfare, unemployment and social security. You ever see how those people drive up with their Mercedes and shopping with food stamps at the supermarket and they look well fed. Your Umma buddies Supermike and ASJ also braying about Guyana being so great and the USA so poor, that's why the comparison is relevant. Yet they ain't leaving the Yankee doodle soup they leeching off of no matter how much I try to chase them out

in short millions of people starving rite here. ...millions BELOW THE POVERTY LINE rite here in the GREAT USA...stop trying ot paint a bright picture....Americans knows that the country heading fu the shyte hole.

So you in Guyana right? Liard.

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Originally posted by cain:

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Originally posted by SuperMike:

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Originally posted by André:

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Originally posted by Abu Jihad:
What does Guyana poverty have to do with US poverty. With $23,000 in GT, you can live a decent life, but $23,000 in US, you will be lining up for handouts.

US guidelines for poverty definition is very high. It's a lot more than the average income in most countries. they are not getting $23,000 in Guyana. They're getting little more Tthan two dollars per day. At least in the US we take care of our own here. Yes they line up for folders ps but at least they have some relief along with welfare, unemployment and social security. You ever see how those people drive up with their Mercedes and shopping with food stamps at the supermarket and they look well fed. Your Umma buddies Supermike and ASJ also braying about Guyana being so great and the USA so poor, that's why the comparison is relevant. Yet they ain't leaving the Yankee doodle soup they leeching off of no matter how much I try to chase them out

in short millions of people starving rite here. ...millions BELOW THE POVERTY LINE rite here in the GREAT USA...stop trying ot paint a bright picture....Americans knows that the country heading fu the shyte hole.

So you in Guyana right? Liard.

cainster...ah noo yu rass wan fu come back bad..bad but th ewhite man gat yu hooked..come and tek a waak naa...Guyana nice bro

which part you hangin round?

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Originally posted by cain:
which part you hangin round?

Roopa,Palm Court

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Originally posted by Tola:

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Originally posted by André:
US federal Guidelines define poverty as those earning less than about $23,000 per year for a family of four. At this rate 95% of people in Guyana would be living in poverty, especially the thousands who earn $2 a day. No wonder they line up at the US Embassy every morning or wait for the Western Union remittances to arrive every month.

There is no real poverty in the US, where a poor person can apply for walfare, whereas in Guyana, no assistance is available to a poor person and they have to beg or steal to survive.
In the North, people are also more compassionate to food banks, whereas in Guyana, its a dog eat dog world of survival, with no government intervention, other than unimaginable pension plans and unaffordable mansions to ordinary citizens.

hey yu gadaha..yu rass naa read waa the study sey EH??? 1 in 6 in america living in Poverty...naa supa sey dis..however you choose to define poverty is all well and good but the bottom line is that the study brought out the fact that IN THE GREAT USA...1 IN 6 PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY...oh rass paad...wa part ah dis you naa understann.

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Originally posted by SuperMike:

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Originally posted by André:

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Originally posted by Abu Jihad:
What does Guyana poverty have to do with US poverty. With $23,000 in GT, you can live a decent life, but $23,000 in US, you will be lining up for handouts.

US guidelines for poverty definition is very high. It's a lot more than the average income in most countries. they are not getting $23,000 in Guyana. They're getting little more Tthan two dollars per day. At least in the US we take care of our own here. Yes they line up for folders ps but at least they have some relief along with welfare, unemployment and social security. You ever see how those people drive up with their Mercedes and shopping with food stamps at the supermarket and they look well fed. Your Umma buddies Supermike and ASJ also braying about Guyana being so great and the USA so poor, that's why the comparison is relevant. Yet they ain't leaving the Yankee doodle soup they leeching off of no matter how much I try to chase them out

in short millions of people starving rite here....millions BELOW THE POVERTY LINE rite here in the GREAT USA...stop trying ot paint a bright picture....Americans knows that the country heading fu the shyte hole.

No starving, they get food stamps.

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Originally posted by SuperMike:

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Originally posted by cain:
which part you hangin round?

Roopa,Palm Court

Yuh mean Palms..

You folks seems to confuse, poverty, starvation and possible famine.