33. "actually, I did" In response to In response to 31 Wed Sep-10-03 03:09 AM
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.