In 2013 Obama set another new record for the # of Americans in poverty. Is this change we can believe in?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2489892/Re...

"The new measure is aimed at providing a fuller picture of poverty, but does not replace the official government numbers. Put in place two years ago by the Obama administration, it generally is considered more reliable by social scientists because it factors in living expenses as well as the effects of government aid, such as food stamps and tax credits."

Hey dumbass - Obama changed the formula for calculating the poverty levels, and under Obama's new formula, levels are higher. The "official" figures use the Bush-era poverty formula, and those figures are unchanged.

Basically, the new measure changes the definition of poverty, so it cannot be directly compared to the standard formula.

Actually, the new record for the number of Americans in poverty set in 2013 is the fault of The Do Nothing Congress resulting from the affect of the obstructionist Republican Party of NO!

You really have no idea what you are talking about. You're parroting sound bites from the right wing media without bothering to try and understand the basis for such claims. The conservative echo chamber counts on their audience not bothering to think. And what is really ludicrous is when the 'studies' that are being quoted come from the Heritage Foundation. These are the same people whose predictions of the cost of the ACA even Grover Norquist thought were ridiculous.

I wonder when liberals will finally start holding Obama accountable for the state of the union, seeing as how we're starting his 6th year in office.

obama is only not responsible for the america s present situation but Bush senior and bush junior and usa policy makers are responsible for present situation as well because of the involvement in iraq and afghanistan war.

Sadly we can believe it, but not believe IN it. All we can do is hope our politicians get their heads on straight and change course soon.

Closer, ever closer to the liberal Utopia...

100 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON THE GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR VERY EXISTENCE

What could possibly go wrong...

People better believe in it because it will continue.