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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze
I think I have heard some of that! Many media outlets do that with statistics. That's why its important that everyone understand stats. I didn't like that class but I learned a lot! Like if someone says, "poverty is down 3%". Well, three percent of what?
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His point was accurate that 12.7 is very good in the context of the last 15 or so years and the Bush Admin. has given more money than any other, which even media matters admitted when it said "the Bush 2006 budget allots a record-shattering $368 billion for poverty entitlements, 14.6 percent of the entire budget, a huge increase over Clinton's spending on poverty entitlements." I mean how is that incorrect or how does it not support BO's premise that the assertion that the Bush Admin. has massive neglect for the poor is wrong
I do not like W, but facts are facts and the facts here demonstrate W has given a lot of money to the poor and his highest rate of 12.7 is comparatively very good, esp. in a recession