Clinton: Bush should raise taxes to pay for recovery

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

hold the phone, the thread I posted re: poverty INCREASING under Bush every year since 2000 most definitely contradicts your last statements . . . .

No it does not. Again and though I cannot stand W, a 12.7 poverty rate is historically good when compared to the last 15 years despite its rising every year, which everyone admits is a bad thing: shrug:

Also, that W gave over like 14% of the budget and an historical amount does not in any way support any statement that W is ignoring the poor. That is a staggering amount and way more than every before.

So, though I despise W and his most of his policies and I am alarmed that the rate has risen and readily concede that that is a bad thing, the facts clearly indicate W is working toward correcting that and 12.7 is a comparatively good number.