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In reply to the discussion: Overwhelming Evidence that Half of America is In or Near Poverty [View all]tea and oranges
(396 posts)65. Thank you! Well put!
We have become bargaining chips for the wealthy & the connected. We Americans are a real prize, given our legendary productivity & complacency.
This is the road to North Korea we're on. OK, we may never have one dictator, but it looks like we'll be ruled w/ the same combination of propaganda, brutality, prison labor, & scarcity.
It's sickening that so few have so much. That they have attained wealth by stealing from the many is repulsive. That they then sneer at & mock their victims while pretending great virtue & wisdom is the stuff revolutions are made from (in parallel universes).
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Yes, GWB said in a speech that the American people, who voted him in for another term, gave
DhhD
Mar 2014
#16
So you blame the ignorant, possibly right wing (please cite #'s) poor for the problems of poverty
reddread
Mar 2014
#42
In general, more wealthy people vote Dem, but the hyper-wealthy lean slightly repub...
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#48
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
cantbeserious
Mar 2014
#21
In Obama's lexicon there are no poor, only those 'Struggling to become middle class.'
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#49
I agree with all of that. It's similar to watching a train wreck in slow-motion,
LuvNewcastle
Mar 2014
#39
Those "poverty studies" in the 50s were brutal as well. Things like being able to afford a coat.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2014
#68
I was f*cking amazed to discover that I am not considered "poverty level" by federal guidelines
JAbuchan08
Mar 2014
#73