Poverty and Income Data

Aug 26, 2008

Brookings Institution

A panel discussion was held on new figures released that day by the U.S. Census Bureau on income, poverty, and health insurance, using data from 2007. Moderator Ron Haskins provided an overview of the figures, and panel members spoke on specific aspects of the report. Topics included health care coverage, flaws in the measurements used to define .. Read More
A panel discussion was held on new figures released that day by the U.S. Census Bureau on income, poverty, and health insurance, using data from 2007. Moderator Ron Haskins provided an overview of the figures, and panel members spoke on specific aspects of the report. Topics included health care coverage, flaws in the measurements used to define poverty level, and poverty among children. Following their remarks, panel members responded to questions from the audience

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:10:18 Unidentified Speaker THEY GIVE NEW LINE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THE 11 DAY OF THE LINDY ANNUAL INCOME OF POVERTY...
00:18:44 Unidentified Speaker A PAPER DOME WE WILL PROCEED.
00:19:17 Unidentified Speaker I LLP THE VERY FEW THINGS THAT WOULD ADD JUST SAID PADILLA IN MANY RESPECTS I THINK THE AGGREGATE...
00:27:51 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE THE SENIOR RESEARCHER AT MDRC IN NEW YORK CITY. AND STUDIES THESE MATTERS AND RECENTLY SHE...
00:28:12 Unidentified Speaker I SHOULD SAY FIRST, IT DOES NOT STAND FOR ANYTHING. IT USED TO A STAND FOR MANPOWER DEMONSTRATION...
00:33:04 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. LASHAWN. MATT WEIDINGER, STAFF DIRECTOR FOR REPUBLICANS WHAT USED TO BE THE HUMAN RESOURCES...
00:33:18 Unidentified Speaker THREE MORE WORDS. WHAT IS THAT 150% BIGGER. NO, I DON'T THINK ANY MORE IMPORTANT THAN I EVER WAS IF...
00:40:54 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MATT. AND, FINALLY IT'S GOOD YOU BROUGHT UP ALL THE ISSUE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN CONGRESS...
00:41:07 Unidentified Speaker THANKS. I'M NOT EXACTLY A DATA PERSON. I'M NOT ECONOMIST OR DEMOVING GRA FER. RON CONSTANTLY POINTS...
00:41:20 Unidentified Speaker YOU COULD SURE SPELL APC THOUGH.
00:41:23 Unidentified Speaker OTHER FOLK HAVES TALKED ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE AND CONSEQUENCE OF NUMBERS. I FIND MYSELF AT LEAST...
00:43:56 Unidentified Speaker OKAY.
00:43:58 Unidentified Speaker AMERICAN FAMILIES SPEND ONE-THIRD OF THEIR BUDGET ON FOOD. IN FACT ONLY ABOUT 1/7 OF AVERAGE FAMILY'S...
00:49:07 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MIKE. NOW, LET'S START SHOWING LITTLE INFLUENCE I HAVE ASKING QUESTIONS OF THIS PANEL....
00:49:30 Unidentified Speaker ON POVERTY SIDE IN YEAR OF ECONOMIC EXPANSION POVERTY ROSE A LITTLE. I THINK THERE IS BAD NEWS ON...
00:49:36 Unidentified Speaker THE MARKET --
00:49:38 Unidentified Speaker DO IT FOR YOU.
00:49:39 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:49:42 Unidentified Speaker POVERTY MEASURES ARE NO DAMN GOOD.
00:49:44 Unidentified Speaker THIS MAN IS, MARKETPLACE, NPR. HAD IT. CALLED IT EVENTS.
00:49:49 Unidentified Speaker LASHAWN?
00:49:51 Unidentified Speaker THE POVERTY NEWS IS IMPORTANT BUT LET'S LOOK AT LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE. IT HASN'T CHANGED A LOT. WE...
00:50:04 Unidentified Speaker NOW WE FEEL ABOUT THE WHOLE FIRST PAGE. SO GARY, YOU HAVE A LITTLE, ABOUT AN INCH AT THE BOTTOM. ...
00:50:13 Unidentified Speaker POVERTY UP SLIGHTLY, MEDIAN INCOME UP MODERATELY, AVERAGE INCOME DOWN.
00:50:21 Unidentified Speaker MATT?
00:50:24 Unidentified Speaker POVERTY STABLE BUT MISSES SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE
00:50:25 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. SO NOW, IF I WERE TO SAY, HERE'S REPUBLICAN HEADLINE, MEDIAN INCOME UP, POVERTY STEADY, HEALTH...
00:51:20 Unidentified Speaker YOU HEARD MY PRESENTATION. I MEAN I DO THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN BACK TO WHERE WE...
00:51:33 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE NOT DOING HEADLINES ANYMORE. YOU CAN SAY --
00:51:36 Unidentified Speaker CAN I SAY ONE THING ABOUT POVERTY MEASUREMENT?
00:51:38 Unidentified Speaker YEAH.
00:51:39 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS IN FACT THERE IS COPY OF ARTICLE I WROTE ABOUT POVERTY MEASUREMENT OUT THERE. I'M AS STRONG...
00:52:23 Unidentified Speaker SO, NOW, NOBODY CAN REMEMBER HOW I CHARACTERIZED THIS THING. LET ME JUST SAY. FROM NOW ON, LET'S...
00:52:36 Unidentified Speaker I'M NOT GOING TO GO THERE. I'M WITH THE AN ANY CASEY FOUNDATION.
00:52:42 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS TOTALLY OBJECTIVE.
00:52:44 Unidentified Speaker I WAS PARTICULARLY DISTRESSED THAT CHILD POVERTY WENT UP. THAT IS, A NUMBER THAT, THAT IS SO IMPORTANT...
00:53:09 Unidentified Speaker LASHAWN?
00:53:12 Unidentified Speaker I'M GOING TO SIDESTEP THAT AS WELL. I WOULD SAY THAT THE STORY IS POUR MORE TOWARDS THE SECOND PIECE....
00:53:49 Unidentified Speaker GARY.
00:53:50 Unidentified Speaker LET THE RECORD SHOW I DID NOT RUSH BACK FROM CAPE COD OR THE HAMPTONS TO BE HERE TODAY.
00:53:55 Unidentified Speaker BRAZIL.
00:53:57 Unidentified Speaker TO TALK ABOUT POVERTY. I DON'T, I'M AN ECONOMIST. I'M NOT A POLITICAL SCIENTIST. I WILL LEAVE IT TO...
00:54:12 Unidentified Speaker DATA ARE MORE INTERESTING.
00:54:16 Unidentified Speaker I DO THINK THAT IT'S WORTHWHILE AGREEING WITH WHAT BECKY SAYS, THE ONE-YEAR CHANGE IN POVERTY RATE...
00:56:07 Unidentified Speaker MATT?
00:56:08 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, BEIJING FATIGUE OR THE COINCIDENCE OF THE CONVENTION BUT, JUST, LOOKING...
00:56:55 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. SO Y'ALL DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT MY QUESTION IS WHY DID CHILD POVERTY GO UP SO MUCH?...
00:57:16 Unidentified Speaker I THINK I WILL CALL ON GARY. DO YOU FIND THIS QUESTION INTERESTING?
00:57:22 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO, ACTUALLY TAKE A TRIP TO THE HAMPTONS OR CAPE COD IN ORDER TO HAVE ENOUGH...
00:57:31 Unidentified Speaker WELL YOU HAVE 45 SECONDS.
00:57:37 Unidentified Speaker I DO THINK PROBABLY THE HISPANIC, AND, WORKER FAMILIES WHO ARE DEPENDENT ON MODERATE WAGE, LOW WAGE...
00:57:54 Unidentified Speaker IMMIGRANT POVERTY WENT UP. PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN FAMILIES THAT WERE FOREIGN-BORN AND NOT BECOME NATURALIZED...
00:59:02 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD DO SOME MORE AVAILABLE EDUCATION IT WILL NOT HELP THE LONG TERM BUT IN THE SHORT TERM I WOULD...
00:59:10 Unidentified Speaker AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AUDIENCE TO VASQUEZ GINS. RIGHT THERE IN THE IOWA. LET ME CAUTION, MOST PEOPLE...
00:59:33 Unidentified Speaker -- CORRESPONDENT. AND A COUPLE QUESTIONS. ROASTED IS HOW IS THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND DEALING...
01:01:04 Unidentified Speaker 91 TO ALLOW THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE SAYING IS OF THE SPOTLIGHT AND OPPORTUNITY WEBSITE THAT...
01:02:28 Unidentified Speaker ALSO NOTE, IT IS NEITHER PAIN FREE OR COST THREE TO TALK ABOUT DOING THIS. WE'RE ON MENTION IT BEARER...
01:03:39 Unidentified Speaker I HAD A CHANCE TO SUPPORT THIS. AND CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG BUT I BELIEVE THERE BE QUITE A TRANSFER...
01:04:06 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A TRADE-OFF IN TERMS OF MORE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC PROGRAMS AVAILABLE IN BIG CITIES THAN IN MISSISSIPPI...
01:05:00 Unidentified Speaker NEXT QUESTION? ONE QUESTION AT A TIME.
01:05:07 Unidentified Speaker I KNOW OF THAT DAY DEBT.
01:05:09 Unidentified Speaker COULD YOU SPEAK UP?
01:05:15 Unidentified Speaker DOES THE DATA THAT TOUCH ON EXTREME POVERTY? PEOPLE BLOWUP 50 PERCENT OF POVERTY LINE AND WHERE THE...
01:05:32 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T INDICATE THAT. [LAUGHTER] ASKED DAVID.
01:05:39 Unidentified Speaker I FINALLY I GUESS THEY WOULD SUPPORT THE THAT THE CENSUS BUREAU GETS A NEW DEFINITION? COULD YOU SUPPORT...
01:05:49 Unidentified Speaker I COULD MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT. WE PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES BUT OF RECOGNIZE THERE ARE OTHER...
01:06:42 Unidentified Speaker BUT LIBYA APPROPRIATE TO OUT YOUR WORK.
01:06:56 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE LISTED ABOUT THERE ARE A GROWING NUMBER OF SINGLE MOTHER FAMILIES OF NOT...
01:07:31 Unidentified Speaker SINCE 2000 AND SPEND A QUESTION IN THE BACK? SESSION.
01:07:42 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS ABOUT CHILD POVERTY GIVEN THE FACT THAT CHILD POVERTY FELL FROM 43 PERCENT DOWN AT...
01:08:00 Unidentified Speaker LEASES AT THE BOTTOM AND HAVE FAILED TO RISE IN THE MOST RECENT EXPANSION. THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY THE...
01:09:27 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE OF THE EXPANSION WHERE --
01:09:34 Unidentified Speaker .
01:09:42 Unidentified Speaker I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF THESE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TO 90 COLLEGES IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION THAT THEY'RE...
01:10:11 Unidentified Speaker COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE OVER 1 MILLION LOW AND COME STUDENTS ARE NON-TRADITIONAL, A TRANSITIONING,...
01:12:13 Unidentified Speaker IN THE BACK.
01:12:16 Unidentified Speaker GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY PRETTY SEEM TO SUGGEST THERE IS A PART ON THE DEMOCRATS NEW LINE TO BUILD...
01:13:52 Unidentified Speaker WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTION EVERYONE TO MAKE PEOPLE MORE SIX OF A PEER TO BELIEVE SEABOARD GOVERNMENT...
01:14:54 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TO PARDON MY BAD ENGLISH. I WANT TO MAKE A QUESTION ABOUT GO OUT OF POVERTY THAN...
01:15:35 Unidentified Speaker DID YOU GET THE QUESTION?
01:15:38 Unidentified Speaker YOUR QUESTION IS MAYBE WHAT IS SAID DATA THAT CAME OUT TODAY THAT TELL US ABOUT HOW MANY ARE COMING...
01:15:49 Unidentified Speaker NINE. NO. WHAT THE REPORT COMES OUT TODAY IS A STATIC MEASURE OF POVERTY. LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS...
01:16:22 Unidentified Speaker IN PRINCIPLE THE CENSUS BUREAU TELLS US VERY LITTLE ABOUT IT BECAUSE ABOUT 40% OF THE PEOPLE I THINK...
01:17:42 Unidentified Speaker YEARDLY GOT THE CHANCE TO TALK. HE CANNOT TALK. [LAUGHTER] BUT OTHER SURVEYS TO HAVE DATA THERE IS...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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