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theHandpuppet

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3. It makes me sick to think of what 1 trillion dollars could do for Appalachia

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 02:52 PM

Sep 2014

We need doctors, hospitals, infrastructure, schools & teachers, and jobs not tied to coal. That money could usher in a new age for millions of people, but for fuck sake let's spend it on bombs!

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The U.S. Is Losing a Generation to Poverty [View all] theHandpuppet Sep 2014 OP

K&R.... daleanime Sep 2014 #1

But the Obama Admin has $1 trillion for nukes leftstreet Sep 2014 #2

It makes me sick to think of what 1 trillion dollars could do for Appalachia theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #3

Appalachia? XemaSab Sep 2014 #16

I refer to Appalachia because I'm Appalachian... theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #21

No worries XemaSab Sep 2014 #28

One trillion dollars. Nothing else need be said because that number alone shows the Autumn Sep 2014 #4

I saw a large help wanted signed on a upaloopa Sep 2014 #5

A successful resume for a fast food job needs in order: haele Sep 2014 #22

it's because you haven't been worshipful enough! give ALL of yourself up to the Calf! MisterP Sep 2014 #6

Wow, MisterP. Prosthelytize much? nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #23

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Sep 2014 #7

Caveat... econoclast Sep 2014 #8

Another excerpt theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #10

Burying the lede econoclast Sep 2014 #11

That figure was never disputed in the article theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #14

Excuse me, but these programs don't "lift people out of poverty" Demeter Sep 2014 #19

+1 leftstreet Sep 2014 #20

That is such bullshit. Go try and live on the scraps they give you. No one can. No one. jtuck004 Sep 2014 #15

You have never been there, have you Stargazer99 Sep 2014 #27

People like looking down their nose at the poor Prophet 451 Sep 2014 #9

May the day come . . . Brigid Sep 2014 #12

I don't think this is a "lost generation". The PTB are successfully making this a 3rd world country Doctor_J Sep 2014 #13

Only one generation? I think not Demeter Sep 2014 #17

One of the respondents said: "I did canvassing once and all the poor had the latest expensive.. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #18

Thanks for your post, theHandpuppet. I keep asking myself... littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #24

You are so right, Miss Smarty P theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #25

Kicketty. Kick. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #26