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burfman

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14. poverty sucks...

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:31 AM

Feb 2014

I think everyone in this country can agree that poverty sucks, question is - is what is this country going to do about it. Probably not too much till there is another depression like back in the 30's of the last century, the way things seem to be going. Last serious effort was when LBJ changed the direction of this country towards poverty by using the Kennedy legacy. Reagan changed it back to something more Darwinian, so that it now appears that eventually the majority in this country will be working for Walmart wages, except for the usual few at the top of the heap. I guess another question would be - how come in a democracy people put up with this crap?

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This Is Your Brain on Poverty: What Science Tells Us About Poverty [View all] xchrom Feb 2014 OP

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2014 #1

Recommend jsr Feb 2014 #2

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K&R Coyotl Feb 2014 #5

How did they pick $10 as a decent minimum wage? barnabas63 Feb 2014 #6

Maybe TPTB wanted to raise our minimum wage to at least nearly 2/3 of Australia's, indepat Feb 2014 #9

25% of workers make < $10/hr. El_Johns Feb 2014 #10

Really insightful article. Big K&R nt riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #7

Great post. Thanks. Poverty kills in a spiralling slow motion way. Poverty breeds more poverty if... marble falls Feb 2014 #8

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I recced the thread but I'm a little leary of the "brain" stuff. Poverty erects a social barrier; El_Johns Feb 2014 #12

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poverty sucks... burfman Feb 2014 #14