http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/06/14/the-poor-are-getting-richer/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:22:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/06/14/the-poor-are-getting-richer/#comment-149508 HispanicPundit Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:49:21 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/06/14/the-poor-are-getting-richer/#comment-149508 Poor in the United States is <em>relative</em> poverty, not absolute poverty. So even though the poor in the United States are <a href="http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/05/09/capitalism-vs-others-a-discussion/#comment-146195" rel="nofollow">three times richer than the rich in many other countries</a>, several times richer than even kings of a hundred years ago, they are still considered 'relatively' poor to those in the top quintile of income in the United States. Poor in the United States is relative poverty, not absolute poverty. So even though the poor in the United States are three times richer than the rich in many other countries, several times richer than even kings of a hundred years ago, they are still considered ‘relatively’ poor to those in the top quintile of income in the United States.

]]> http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/06/14/the-poor-are-getting-richer/#comment-149496 GErardo Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:21:20 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/06/14/the-poor-are-getting-richer/#comment-149496 If the poor are getting richer, why are they still poor? If the poor are getting richer, why are they still poor?

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