Political Quotes

“I say to my friend, the reason I mention States is these are real human beings, real people that go to work every day, hopefully, if that is possible, if they have a job. But these people get up every morning and go to bed every night--real human beings, 1.6 million of them are off poverty. That says a lot, I think. The poverty rate fell to 13.8 percent, the biggest drop in over a decade. In 1995, the poverty rate dropped from 14.5 percent to 13.8 percent. That is the largest 1-year fall in the poverty rate since 1984. Since President Bill Clinton's economic plan was signed into law, the poverty rate declined from 15.1 percent to 13.8 percent, the biggest 2-year drop in the poverty rate in 23 years. The Afro-American poverty rate dropped to its lowest level in history. I repeat: The Afro-American poverty rate dropped to its lowest level in history. In 1995, the rate declined from 30.6 percent to 29.3 percent. That is the first time it dropped below 30 percent and is the lowest level since data was first collected in 1959. The elderly poverty rate dropped to its lowest figure ever --ever--to 10.5 percent. Of people over the age of 65, only 10.5 of them are in poverty. That is tremendous. By far, that is the best of any country in the world. In 1966, 28.5 percent of American elderly lived in poverty. That was before Medicare came into being. Medicare has kept a lot of people off the poverty rolls. In 1995, the elderly poverty rate declined to 10.5 percent.”