JerseySmarts.com https://www.jerseysmarts.com Joe Palazzolo's Blog Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:02:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.jerseysmarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-site-icon-32x32.png JerseySmarts.com https://www.jerseysmarts.com 32 32 A Great Graphic on Poverty Levels in the United States of America https://www.jerseysmarts.com/2011/07/27/a-great-graphic-on-poverty-levels-in-the-united-states-of-america/ https://www.jerseysmarts.com/2011/07/27/a-great-graphic-on-poverty-levels-in-the-united-states-of-america/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:02:49 +0000 http://www.jerseysmarts.com/?p=7456 After I posted the information-packed graphic which talked about education statistics the other day, I thought that I might put some more of these graphics up on the website since they are both interesting and contain great information. When I was in graduate school, I learned a lot about poverty and, specifically, the policies that impact impoverished citizens in our country. Of course, I was sitting in a classroom where far-left professors tried to indoctrinate me to believe in their point of view versus believing in, you know, facts on the ground – but we all have issues that we need to overcome in our education!

Hopefully, you find the information below educational. Enjoy!

Personally, I find the ethnic breakdown and the geographic breakdown the most interesting on this chart. Something to keep an eye on as this debt ceiling debate rages on in Washington, DC…

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Granted, I don’t think that we are taxed without being represented, but we are definitely subjected to expenses (i.e. uses of our tax dollars) with which the majority of Americans would disagree. For example, when there is poverty in America, I’m confident that a majority of Americans would support using tax dollars to alleviate American poverty before alleviating poverty in other countries. That’s a random example, I know.

Anyway, keep an eye on the media to see if they have any coverage of these “Tea Party” events.

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