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Another Rick Perry Whopper

Posted on September 21, 2011 , Updated on September 21, 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry makes another wildly false claim in a new Web ad — saying that the U.S. poverty rate has hit an “all-time high.” In fact, the rate is the highest since 1993, but 7.3 percentage points lower than it was in 1959, according to the U.S. Census …
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‘Second Poorest’ Nation?

Posted on September 13, 2010

In a September 10 press conference, President Barack Obama characterized Afghanistan as "the second poorest country in the world." It’s an impoverished country indeed, but second poorest? The CIA World Factbook doesn’t think so. It lists Afghanistan as number 210 of 227, with a per capita gross domestic product of $1,000 in …
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A Short Piece on Obama’s Peace Speech

Posted on December 11, 2009

Yesterday President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, and made some remarks that could use a bit of context and explanation. Obama said that "billions have been lifted from poverty." Though he didn’t provide a time frame, he was discussing the effects of the United Nations …
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Minimum Wage Workers and Poverty

Posted on February 14, 2008

Q: Is a minimum-wage worker officially in poverty? A: A single person working full time at the minimum wage would be barely above the poverty line. A single parent would be below it. FULL QUESTION I have always believed that the poverty line was below minimum wage. Is the poverty …
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