Aug 17, 2015 ... And if so, does it mean Obama has failed America's poor? ... That's not quite 5.5  million more people in poverty than there were in ... in President Obama's favor  — 13.2 percent of Americans were in ... Before George W. Bush took office, the  poverty rate was 11.3 percent. When he left, it was 14.3 percent.
Sep 29, 2017 ... Statistical indicators of President Obama's eight years in office. ... The Border  Patrol caught 35 percent fewer people trying to get into the U.S. from Mexico. ...  More than 4 million jobs were lost in his first year in office, on top of the 4 ... point  rise in poverty under George W. Bush, and it was far less than the 3.5 ...
July 30, 2013 ... To be sure, the United States still has a higher poverty rate than  many other advanced ... Public programs lifted 40 million people out of poverty in  2011, ..... Before 1990, nearly all federal child care assistance went to families  who were ... In 1990, President George H.W. Bush and Congress established the  ...
The Official History Website for the U.S. Social Security Administration. ... and  19th centuries most poverty relief was provided in the almshouses and ....  Security Act, so that 30 states had some form of old-age pension program by  1935. ... The result was a rapid growth in the number of aged persons, to 7.8  million by 1935.
Jan 4, 2019 ... Bill Clinton is the greatest jobs-producing president in terms of total jobs created.  ... For example, there were 157 million people working in December 2018. ...  Those that created recessions, like both Bushes, Nixon, and ... He was the top job  creator in terms of total numbers. .... Trump State of the Union.
When George Bush became president of the United States, 17 million people were in poverty. When he left, 30 million people were in poverty.