The author says in Austin poverty is increaseing since 2009 most of these people are families with small children. Juan Castillo (author) gets his info from the census bureau . He is a respected author for the Austin American Statesmen. "18.4 percent of all people in Austin were in poverty last year, up from 17.1 percent in 2008." "By another measure, 14,000 more Austinites lived in poverty in 2009, said City of Austin demographer Ryan Robinson." Hispanics with small children are the largest minority to live in that poverty bracket. Poverty today is growing and growing every year but is it the goverments fault or ours? So many people live off of welfare and footstamps. I can see that if a person needs help and they have a family it is only the right thing to do to assist them in any way that is possible but is this only enabling them not to work? If you dint have to work just sit at home all day on your couch and watch tv would you? That is what is happenening the tax payers are paying for lazy people to sit at home. A family of four will recieve over $600 in foodstamps every month that is alot. While we work hard everyday to support our family. As a mother I can understand that your children are the most important thing in the world to you. That is why you should do everything in your power to protect and save them from continueing in these footsteps. Show them that you don't have to be poor you can work and feel proud about who and what you do. If poverty is so low do something about it!
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