America has never been wealthier, |
I was surprised. I thought things would have turned around by now. |
The good news is that poverty is a lot lower than it was in 1993, but we went through a hell of an economic boom, |
There has not been much progress against poverty over the last three decades. Poverty rates were in the 11 to 12 percent range from 1969 to 1979. |
This region has been hit pretty hard, ... We were doing much better in the 1990s than the national average. But since 2000, we've been doing worse. |