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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-08 10:18 AM
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33. Incomes did not keep up with expenses in the 90s
"Poverty level" is an utterly meaningless analysis of actual expenses in the real world. If your income goes up, but your expenses go up more, that's a net loss.

Whatever Clinton tried to do about homelessness failed, as it increased in the 90s. If you read the food bank article, you will notice that utilization continued to increase in the 90s. Slowing the downhill slide is a good thing, but not adequate.

The president has everything to do with promoting the War on Some Drugs, and therefore with increasing prison populations. Local cops didn't decide that we needed such a thing as a "Drug Czar."
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