The government (BLS) numbers for the cost of living and poverty line and standard deductions are erroneous and indefensible.
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Free school meals are a standard poverty indicator - used by the inspectorate, Ofsted, to judge how well one school is doing compared with others "in similar circumstances".
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According to government statistics, there were 3.2 million children living in families with three or more children in 2010-11 and families with more than two children are more likely to be living in poverty based on standard measures of comparative income.
That means more poverty and a reduced standard of living for the middle class, as Barack Obama and his neo-Marxist Democrat Party are proving once again today.
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And what is fair about more poverty, and a declining standard of living for the middle class, as we see today?
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But he said people should not confuse the desire to get out of poverty and get a better standard of living with being a gross materialist.
We may as well give this or that idea a shot, especially in poor urban areas where the system we have in place is simply not working by any standard (and where poverty is here to stay for the foreseeable future).
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Private sector growth can boost job creation, poverty reduction can increase national security and standard of living, and youth development will help prepare Tunisian students and professionals for future employment, build local capacity, and develop citizens at the grassroots level.
Over time, the proportion of the population living in poverty, as measured by some objective and absolute standard, should be declining.
The ARMM has a low standard of living and high incidence of poverty and illiteracy has been perennially reported at high rates (FLEMMS, 2008).
With respect to Social Security and Medicare the cuts cannot be too deep because these are programs that provide a minimal standard of living and keep many people out of poverty.
An additional benefit for an Obama administration concerned with alleviating world poverty is that the adoption by this country of an Open Fuel Standard will have the effect of establishing it as a global standard.
And that entrepreneurship can also generate profits and improve the standard of living of millions of poor by improving their health and reducing poverty.
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While technology continues to improve the standard of living for millions, there are still millions more living in abject poverty.
"He has changed the lives dramatically of the majority of Venezuelans, he's altered the country forever, his policies have reduced poverty more than half and have brought people out of dire circumstances (who) today enjoy a decent standard of living, " Golinger said.
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Some Muslims in Bradford say they would prefer their children to go to multi-cultural schools, but that the poor standard of schooling in the city has condemned their children to a cycle of low achievement, unemployment, poverty and crime.
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