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This is NOT good folks: [View all] kpete Aug 2013 OP
But, none of those on the bottom tier have the Crazy Uncles MIC and Surveillance State to support. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #1
K&R "We're still not as bad as Mexico!" Yay! n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #2
Joke when I was in High School in Mississippi exboyfil Aug 2013 #7
Here in Indiana, Brigid Aug 2013 #10
Spent 3 1/2 years exboyfil Aug 2013 #37
Pretty soon we will be able to claim... roamer65 Aug 2013 #51
Growing up in Alabama ThoughtCriminal Aug 2013 #36
The Mexican 1% managed to just barely scrape by in the last election... bvar22 Aug 2013 #9
Yes we do. I'm still resisting the temptation to hope, however, Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #21
Thank God Obama is so willing to Compromise with the Republicans populistdriven Aug 2013 #57
Take that, Estonia! USA!! USA!! USA!! leftstreet Aug 2013 #3
For clarification (and it is not good) these are the top 30 OECD economies nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #4
India has secondvariety Aug 2013 #8
Yes we do nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #11
Sadly K&R.... think Aug 2013 #5
Note Britain. 20th in child poverty, 3rd with single parent families SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2013 #6
What is wrong with single parent families? treestar Aug 2013 #12
They generally can't provide the level of financial support a two parent family can Fumesucker Aug 2013 #15
I merely pointed out that saying we have the nth highest this or that rate treestar Aug 2013 #20
So Somalia needs to be included for the United State to have a better showing? SMC22307 Aug 2013 #34
Or Somalia needs to be excluded in order to treestar Aug 2013 #45
Doesn't matter. Those other countries will still be ahead of us... SMC22307 Aug 2013 #47
That's the sad thing about today. BobbyBoring Aug 2013 #23
Yep. I never thought I'd look back on the '70s so fondly... SMC22307 Aug 2013 #35
Back then Divorce was taboo, women could hardly get work Heather MC Aug 2013 #41
Yes, but at least one person could make enough Awknid Aug 2013 #54
Agreed, I am officially a stay at home mom, but work part-time Heather MC Aug 2013 #56
Nothing wrong with SPF - it's just that they are more likely to have less assets, more jtuck004 Aug 2013 #18
Poverty rates theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #19
Do you have a point? nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #48
It's all about the 'boot straps' here...babies are supposed to pull themselves out of poverty.. Tikki Aug 2013 #13
We got our bootstraps second hand from Goodwill. They were pretty much wornout but Heather MC Aug 2013 #42
It just seems like yesterday that we were the world's last rogue superpower - wait, we still are, leveymg Aug 2013 #14
If the United States is in a forest and then it falls, will anyone hear it? Dustlawyer Aug 2013 #16
I hope that everyone thinks before the: Greatest Country On Earth... Whisp Aug 2013 #17
Only one solution: More tax cuts for the rich Faygo Kid Aug 2013 #22
You forgot "More guns" KamaAina Aug 2013 #27
And more money for Defense! we must be kept safe Heather MC Aug 2013 #43
Heather mc, please join me in my effort to call it what it is tiredtoo Aug 2013 #46
Agreed, it's just I live in the DC area. DoD is used daily Heather MC Aug 2013 #49
Slowly circling the toliet bowl Va Lefty Aug 2013 #24
Yup PD Turk Aug 2013 #25
Shouldn't be long now... Purveyor Aug 2013 #26
Right Wingnuts will see that "single parent families" and claim sluts are to blame. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #28
I Remember during the debate Mitt Romney blaming women for turning down prince charmings proposal Heather MC Aug 2013 #44
Mitt just can't picture women as providing anything of real value.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author damnedifIknow Aug 2013 #29
Its also kind of BS in how it presents information bhikkhu Aug 2013 #30
sad David Krout Aug 2013 #31
WTF?!? LiberalBeliever Aug 2013 #32
None of this matters at all. America is STILL the greatest country on earth!!! Kablooie Aug 2013 #33
Wow. It's really hard to look at just how bad it is. This is truly sad. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #38
If we would just get the government off the back of corporations Enthusiast Aug 2013 #39
Sooooo, how are we going to bluedeathray Aug 2013 #40
If you do the math, USA is the worst! Chalco Aug 2013 #52
What happened to "we're number one!?" demosincebirth Aug 2013 #53
Raise the minimum wage NOW! Coyotl Aug 2013 #55
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