CAN WE DECLARE WAR ON POVERTY and ILLITERACY?

MODEL HOME , Baton Rouge LA 2008 from Bayou's Edge

All reproduction rights reserved Wm. Greiner

It was reported today that the level of proverty in Louisiana's State capital, exceeds that of New Orleans! A Census indicated 55,469 people live below the poverty line in Baton Rouge. In New Orleans , the figure was somehwat lower at 47,487.*

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It was also reported that 40% of adults living in New Orleans , lack the literacy skills to comprehend a basic government form!**

*BR poverty rate falls, still above average by Jeremy Harper - Advocate staff writer

**Illiteracy hinders recovery , by John Moreno Gonzales - Associated Press writer