The Poor Will Be With Us Always.

For Bush, poverty was an issue on the top of the agenda after Katrina when it gained him some positive PR. In New Orleans he said "We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action." But, there has been no action proving once again that our leaders aren't serious about dealing with this issue.

According to the Washington Post:

The number of Americans living in poverty has risen each year Bush has been president, increasing to 37 million in 2004 from 31.6 million in 2000. Overall, 12.7 percent of the nation's population lives in poverty, which for a family of four means an income less than $20,000 a year.