>and aside from those sweeping generalizations, there's very
>little evidence in the article to back up those grandiose
>claims. Aside from it being relatively easy to move up from
>the bottom quintile to the 4th quintile, and some claims
>that America's poor are better off in purchasing power than
>some countries, worse off than others, mostly thanks to
>technological advances, I didn't see any evidence. And the
>poverty-line thing can just as easily reflect a lagging
>poverty line, that doesn't take into account things like
>health care and child care and rising real estate/rent
>costs.
>
>But since you're so well-versed in the article and
>comprehend it so fully, maybe you'd like to cite some.

ha, i think your beef is with the author of the article and not with me. ive never claimed to be overly knowledgable about this subject. i simply pulled a quote from this article and you had to jump on me. if you have a problem with what the article points out then you should email the author.