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The Politics of Poverty

By AAN Staff
october 14, 2003  03:57 pm
The Politics of Poverty
The annual income and poverty report recently issued by the U.S. Census Bureau showed an increase of 1.7 million people living below the poverty line. But the Census Bureau calculated the 2001 after-tax- income figures using incorrect tax rates, according to the Boston Phoenix; had the correct data been used, the picture would have been far worse. David S. Bernstein examines the mistake and reviews the Bush administration's effort to hide important economic data from the public.
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