ran@ho95b.UUCP (RANeinast) (12/21/84)
Regarding the statistics that show that the poor (as defined
by the government) have remained steady at about 15% of the
population, despite food stamps, welfare, etc.: Maybe the
government definition is that you are poor if you make less
than 85% of the population. Therefore, regardless of what you
do, you'll *always* have 15% poor.
Does anyone out there know what the official definition of "poor" is?
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Robert Neinast (ihnp4!ho95b!ran)
AT&T-Bell Labs