Sep 4, 2016 ... Texas once again outstripped the national poverty rate, as we have done since at  least 1959. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2014 ...
Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959." —  PolitiFact Texas ... Texas activist Bee Moorhead wasn't celebratory. Still, she did  write ...
In addition, from the beginning, the Social Security program has embodied social  insurance ... The original Act also provided federal support for means-tested old- age .... The benefit formula was based on cumulative wages (earned since 1937)  in ..... The poverty rate among the elderly has fallen from 35.2 percent in 1959 to ...
Apr 26, 2017 ... Restoring the value of the minimum wage to at least the same level it .... Since its  inception in 1938, the federal minimum wage has been ... 1959, $ 7.21, $ 7.52, $  1.00 ..... 5 The federal poverty line is often cited as a proxy for the level of ......  Alaska. Hawaii. Texas. Fla. 0.0%. 44.4%. Click map to view data.
Dec 3, 2015 ... With each U.S. military engagement, Latino civil rights activists have ... Latinas  have likewise contributed to war efforts since at least World War II. ... in the armed  services has outstripped that of Latinos![5] Just as their ... Nineteenth-century  Tejanos (Mexican Texans) who fought for Texas independence did.
Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959."