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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:38 PM Original message |
Why can't Americans realize the nation's worst problem is poverty? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree - poverty is where it all begins. nt |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. How can you take $ 10 and turn it into $ 32,000 or more |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. "Give a low income person the car fare to the job interview." And the clothes, dental care, hair-cut |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Look - here are details; think about it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Think smaller. When I lived in Santa Monica, I found |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Volunteer to teach adults! I started and it is the most rewarding work you will ever do! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Sort of related - saw this article the other day: |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because in many minds poor = black or hispanic |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because they media doesn't talk about it |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Many many years ago I learned about the poverty in America issue in school. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. Poverty = public policy decisions. n/t |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. There's no question that we're immersed in a "blame the victim" mentality. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. well, insofar as poverty is a symptom of the class war |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Americans have an irrational hatred of free loaders |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. bribery is cheaper than prisions |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 05:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Very true |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. They should just give every poor person the phone number... |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's not! The worst is that most believe that it could never be them. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. Maybe because it's the side-effect of much bigger problems. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. Another question is "Why don't most Americans even realize that |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. Americans are very hostile to government attempts to reduce poverty. |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is exactly the reason I am supporting John Edwards. |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yes. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. So Edwards separates "poverty" from "global poverty" as issues |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. Because it seems to be an intractable problem too big |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
26. Here's more proof: New York hunger levels 'rising' |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. kick n/t |
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