01-24-2006, 22:01
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Re: $65,000 A Year? Bye, U.S. Auto Workers!
"Chuck G." <nospam@nospam> wrote in message
news:voudnUFtp88ScEvenZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
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> 2005 HHS Poverty Guidelines
> Persons in
> Family Unit 48 Contiguous
> States and D.C. Alaska Hawaii
> 1 $ 9,570 $11,950 $11,010
> 2 12,830 16,030 14,760
> 3 16,090 20,110 18,510
> 4 19,350 24,190 22,260
> 5 22,610 28,270 26,010
> 6 25,870 32,350 29,760
> 7 29,130 36,430 33,510
> 8 32,390 40,510 37,260
> For each additional
> person, add 3,260 4,080 3,750
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> SOURCE: Federal Register, Vol. 70, No. 33, February 18, 2005, pp.
> 8373-8375.
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> http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/05poverty.shtml
Those are some unbelievably low numbers. One problem is the person making 15
k in NYC equates to a guy making 11 k in Sioux City, IA. The government
can't realistically think one set of numbers can apply to 48 States.
Lee
2000 SSEi
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