Nah, Dickey...

I believe that there weould be an increse in the poverty levels if everythinh was redefined...

Poverty is a relative term becuase of regional differences in the cost of living... In the D.C. area you have folks makin' twice the income of the pverty line yet when you factor in the #1300 a month minimum for an apartment you find that it takes a greater gross monthly income then is the poverty line for most families of 4...

Here' some simple math...

Gross income to net $1300 is rough ly $1600 a month = $19,200 a year gross... Now this is way over the poverty line yet someone makin' $19,200 a year will have to shell out their entire income just for rent???

Jus' give that some thought...

As fir TV's, etc... They are a dime a dozen... People give perfectly good ones away so it's no wonder that such a high percentage of people have them... Microwaves??? Same... Cars??? Same...

Oh, how my college Stats 201 teacher was so right when she pointed out that stats can be so grossly manipulated as to prove anything that anyone wants to prove... This was just before she proved that 1 = 2...

So folks who like to throw out a bunch of stats make the red light go off in my head that says "This person uis trying to bamboozle you, Bobert..."

Notice that over the years I have been reluctant to use polls and have only recently accepted the Bush 60% disapproval ratings and that has been because there have been so many polls that seem to indicate that it's somewhere around that...

But the percentage of TV's??? Give me a break...

If you want to talk about poverty, come to D.C. and I'll take you around and let you see for yerselves...

Bobert