According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a higher percentage of Americans is living in extreme poverty than they have ever measured before. In 2010, we were told that the economy was recovering, but the truth is that the number of the "very poor" soared to heights never seen previously. Back in 1993 and back in 2009, the rate of extreme poverty was just over 6 percent, and that represented the worst numbers on record. But in 2010, the rate of extreme poverty hit a whopping 6.7 percent. That means that one out of every 15 Americans is now considered to be "very poor". For many people, this is all very confusing because their guts are telling them that things are getting worse and yet the mainstream media keeps telling them that everything is just fine. Hopefully this article will help people realize that the plight of the poorest of the poor continues to deteriorate all across the United States. In addition, hopefully this article will inspire many of you to lend a hand to those that are truly in need.
Tonight, there are more than 20 million Americans that are living in extreme poverty. This number increases a little bit more every single day. The following statistics that were mentioned in an article in The Daily Mail should be very sobering for all of us....
About 20.5 million Americans, or 6.7 percent of the U.S. population, make up the poorest poor, defined as those at 50 per cent or less of the official poverty level.
Those living in deep poverty represent nearly half of the 46.2 million people scraping by below the poverty line. In 2010, the poorest poor meant an income of $5,570 or less for an individual and $11,157 for a family of four.
That 6.7 percent share is the highest in the 35 years that the Census Bureau has maintained such records, surpassing previous highs in 2009 and 1993 of just over 6 percent.
Sadly, the wealthy and the poor are being increasingly segregated all over the nation. In some areas of the U.S. you would never even know that the economy was having trouble, and other areas resemble third world hellholes. In most U.S. cities today, there are the "good neighborhoods" and there are the "bad neighborhoods".
According to a recent Bloomberg article, the "very poor" are increasingly being pushed into these "bad neighborhoods"....
At least 2.2 million more Americans, a 33 percent jump since 2000, live in neighborhoods where the poverty rate is 40 percent or higher, according to a study released today by the Washington-based Brookings Institution.
Of course they don't have much of a choice. They can't afford to live where most of the rest of us do.
Today, there are many Americans that openly look down on the poor, but that should never be the case. We should love the poor and want to see them lifted up to a better place. The truth is that with a few bad breaks any of us could end up in the ranks of the poor. Compassion is a virtue that all of us should seek to develop.
Not only that, but the less poor people and the less unemployed people we have, the better it is for our economy. When as many people as possible in a nation are working and doing something economically productive, that maximizes the level of true wealth that a nation is creating.
But today we are losing out on a massive amount of wealth. We have tens of millions of people that are sitting at home on their couches. Instead of creating something of economic value, the rest of us have to support them financially. That is not what any of us should want.
It is absolutely imperative that we get as many Americans back to work as possible. The more people that are doing something economically productive, the more wealth there will be for all of us.
That is why it is so alarming that the ranks of the "very poor" are increasing so dramatically. When the number of poor people goes up, the entire society suffers.
So just how bad are things right now?
The following are 19 statistics about the poor that will absolutely astound you....
#1 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of "very poor" rose in 300 out of the 360 largest metropolitan areas during 2010.
#2 Last year, 2.6 million more Americans descended into poverty. That was the largest increase that we have seen since the U.S. government began keeping statistics on this back in 1959.
#3 It isn't just the ranks of the "very poor" that are rising. The number of those just considered to be "poor" is rapidly increasing as well. Back in the year 2000, 11.3% of all Americans were living in poverty. Today, 15.1% of all Americans are living in poverty.
#4 The poverty rate for children living in the United States increased to 22% in 2010.
#5 There are 314 counties in the United States where at least 30% of the children are facing food insecurity.
#6 In Washington D.C., the "child food insecurity rate" is 32.3%.
#7 More than 20 million U.S. children rely on school meal programs to keep from going hungry.
#8 One out of every six elderly Americans now lives below the federal poverty line.
#9 Today, there are over 45 million Americans on food stamps.
#10 According to the Wall Street Journal, nearly 15 percent of all Americans are now on food stamps.
#11 In 2010, 42 percent of all single mothers in the United States were on food stamps.
#12 The number of Americans on food stamps has increased 74% since 2007.
#13 We are told that the economy is recovering, but the number of Americans on food stamps has grown by another 8 percent over the past year.
#14 Right now, one out of every four American children is on food stamps.
#15 It is being projected that approximately 50 percent of all U.S. children will be on food stamps at some point in their lives before they reach the age of 18.
#16 More than 50 million Americans are now on Medicaid. Back in 1965, only one out of every 50 Americans was on Medicaid. Today, approximately one out of every 6 Americans is on Medicaid.
#17 One out of every six Americans is now enrolled in at least one government anti-poverty program.
#18 The number of Americans that are going to food pantries and soup kitchens has increased by 46% since 2006.
#19 It is estimated that up to half a million children may currently be homeless in the United States.
Sadly, we don't hear much about this on the nightly news, do we?
This is because the mainstream media is very tightly controlled.
I came across a beautiful illustration of this recently. If you do not believe that the news in America is scripted, just watch this video starting at the 1:15 mark. Conan O'Brien does a beautiful job of demonstrating how news anchors all over the United States are often repeating the exact same words.
So don't rely on the mainstream media to tell you everything.
In this day and age, it is absolutely imperative that we all think for ourselves.
It is also absolutely imperative that we have compassion on our brothers and sisters.
Winter is coming up, and if you see someone that does not have a coat, don't be afraid to offer to give them one.
All over the United States (and all around the world), there are orphans that are desperately hurting. As you celebrate the good things that you have during this time of the year, don't forget to remember them.
We should not expect that "the government" will take care of everyone that is hurting.
The reality is that millions of people fall through the "safety net".
Being generous and being compassionate are qualities that all of us should have.
Yes, times are going to get harder and an economic collapse is coming.
That just means that we should be more generous and more compassionate than we have ever been before.
You can blame Clinton for much of this. He supported China’s entrance to the WTO and pushed hard for NAFTA. He sold us out.
Free Market Hemp is the solution for the economy because industrial hemp can be easily grow, produced and manufactuered everywhere. We can grow our own fuel and economy. For that matter our currency should be based on a ton of hemp because the whole world knows what the value of a ton of industrial hemp is, so much fuel, so much fiber. During the American Revolution hemp was used as money and a medium of exchange. Forget the economy and the empty bag pundits, stop being against everything and be for SOMETHING that can make a difference. Free Market Hemp, Plant It Everywhere and Prosper.
You pot-heads are a scream. Hemp. Gimmie a break.
The single largest reason poverty continues to increase is those in poverty continue to bring children into poverty at alarming rates. Generally people that are careful, thoughtful, and plan for their futures do not have many children and wait to have children until they are married and/or can afford them. If you follow 3 rules your chances of living in poverty are minimal. They include : #1 Do not abuse drugs and alcohol. #2. Graduate High school, and #3 Do not have children until you are married and/or can afford them. I did research on poverty in America in Grad school and these characteristics came up again and again.
Populist Socialism on the Rise
“The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If ‘Thou shalt not covet’ and ‘Thou shalt not steal’ were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before it can be civilized or made free.” –John Adams, 1787
See the rest of the story at the following web site:
http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2011/11/03/populist-socialism-on-the-rise/
Those stats probably contain a lot of illegal immigrants. They certainly drag the stats down in Texas.
SINGLE MOTHER’S ON FOOD STAMPS
I live in the poorest county in Georgia. My 17 year old step daughter’s dreams of singing stardom did not materialize, so she made a deliberate career choice. She deliberately became pregnant from a high school drop out who already had one illigitimate kid.
She has food, shelter, transportation, satelite TV. Medicaid. You want to know where middle class money has gone? The rich are not killing the country. Deliberately unwed mothers and their sucubus bastards are sucking us dry.
“The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.” ~ George Washington
——- http://911essentials.com ——-
but the trickle down effect works mother lovers
While the information in this article is of great value, I found the title (and some of the content) troubling in that the author repeatedly refers to “The Poor” as a separate class. Using “the” in front of any grouping of people tends to commodify the people being discussed as “other-than” i.e. “not me” or “not us.”
Let’s be clear… poor people is “us” — people. not some distant “other-than” commodity. We the people are in this together!
The American definition of “poverty” is quite different from that of the rest of the world. If you want to see real poverty, travel to the slums of Mumbai or the cities of Rwanda. There you will see people with no food in their bellies and no clothes on their backs. That’s poverty.
Many of the the so-called “poor” mentioned in this article are wealthy enough to have a microwave, an apartment with a door that closes, and clothes on their backs. That’s not poor. That’s living with basic needs. And no, I don’t mean an iPod or smart phone.
Dave, the poor even have cars, TV’s and yes, free cell phones provided by the Federal Guberment.
Yes, people have free cell phones provided by the government. When’s the last time you saw a working pay phone? The government has also outlawed free over-the-air transmission of television. Hence, the poor have to contend with cable bills. They also have to contend with American pricing, and wages that cannot support their children, nor give them good education, nutrition, or any of the other things we seem to be thinking that only the rich are entitled to. Maybe you will be thinking differently when this economic decline, and the disparity between prices and wages engulfs you also. We are all desperately trying to hang on to this “good life”, and it is slowly evaporating for all of us.May God Bless us all in the coming years of continuous crisis.
Nearly the entire litany of poverty statistics listed above does little more then itemize all the money that goes to people who do not support themselves. Millions on food stamps. Millions on Medicaid. Millions on housing subsidies. Millions of kids on school feeding programs. There is no end to it.
the professional9terminatorrs–usarmy – marines- will not allow their children to die in the streets. theyrrrvery goodshots
You people have been gloating about turning the U.S. into a non-White country for years. Fill the country with third-world people, then be surprised that you’ve got a third-world country.
Congratulations on destroying the U.S. Enjoy your future.
The surveys don’t count government aid. The poor aren’t really poor by just about anyone’s standards.
There are so many comments on here blaming this party or that party or this program or that program. At this point, it doesn’t matter how it happened. The truth is that there are a lot of people struggling and suffering right now. And statistics like this one:
“More than 20 million U.S. children rely on school meal programs to keep from going hungry.”
Don’t even tell the whole story. I guarantee that there are more children who are hungry who don’t show up in this statistic. Please don’t shrug off the poor by saying they have “big screen TVs and cell phones…”, or that they brought it on themselves by poor choices. That is not always the case. We should give without judgment (and I include myself in that– it’s not always easy to do). Most of us are just a few months away from being in the same boat. “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”
This is one of the better-written stories about the poor. Fact-based, no cheap appeals for emotionalism. But I still feel like scrooge and feel not impulse to give.
1. I get paid well, not in the 1% but good. However I have been laid off twice in the past 4 years, so making money now is basically catching up on money lost. BUT: I get taxed like a rich person as it only looks at a narrow snapshot of time.
2. Whatever the poverty rates might be, 5% or 40%, I still can’t reconcile an “extreme poverty” rate of X% with experts, politicians, and the First Lady herself hitting DEFCON 1 about how the primary health problem of the poor is obesity. Which is it? Are the poor going hungry or are they too fat? Sorry, can’t be both
3. As it happens, I live near projects in Brooklyn. Bottom line: the kids (KIDS!) have more expensive shoes and cell phones than me. This does not make me want to cough up more dough.
4. ILLEGAL aliens: I’m going through immigration court and thousands of $$ to bring an immigrant here LEGALLY, so if any of you posters come back with any anti-immigrant c**p, I’m rhetorically going to whop you on the head. Now, I just got back from the grocery store. 80-90% of them are illegals from Mexico. 60%+ pay with EBT cards. And they get free education. Clothing allowance. Energy Assistance. Public transportation. And pay no taxes. So sorry, we are shoveling BILLIONS to people who just got off the boat and on the dole. Could this money be used for the poor who are supposed to be here?
This is Barack Obama’s Trickle Up Poverty. If BO is in office much longer, there will be a lot of poverty. Democrats, especially those who have been sucked in by Karl Marx, will do it to the economy every time.
Uneducated, illegal immigrants +
Unmarried mothers +
Government benefits +
Obama = More Poverty
The poor in the US are far richer than the poor in a 3rd world country.
“The new poverty figures came out, and they’re astounding. One out of 15 people is living in dire poverty. This is not what America is supposed to be.”—Gerald Celente
No, it certainly isn’t. Gerald Celente nails it as usual: the ship is sinking, and it’s sinking fast. When the former USA, now The Banana Republic of America, abandoned free-market capitalism and embraced corporatism/fascism, it joined the Third World. Of course, whenever new figures on poverty come out, there will inevitably be corporate stooges and corporate blame-the-victim apologists making idiotic statements such as “The poor in America have running water and electricity, which means that they aren’t really poor.” My response to that is, “Big f’in’ deal. Most of the poor in El Salvador and Guatemala have running water and electricity. Most of the poor in Jamaica have a higher standard of living than the poor in Sub-Saharan Africa—that doesn’t mean that Jamaica isn’t part of the Third World.” But hey, leave it to the corporatist scum to rationalize the suffering of millions of Americans. And leave it to Gerald Celente, God bless him, to call the corporatists out whether they’re RepubliKKKans or Democraps.
“There’s no doubt that we’re in a depression, and the globalists have been covering it up.” —Alex Jones
“The people are angry. It’s running out of control. And unfortunately, there are a group of police that have become nothing more than enforcers for the political and financial crime bosses.”—Gerald Celente
“Hey kiddies, keep spending that money in college. Get that degree as an MBA. You can have a job at Wal-Mart. You can become a cashier or a clerk.”—Gerald Celente
“Some elements of Occupy Wall Street can legitimately be criticized as collectivist or whatever. But overall, this is just a movement of people who are upset about Wall Street taking over Washington and then inducing them to gives us tens of trillions of our tax money. And then, all these fake conservatives get up and criticize anyone who wants to shut down the corruption on Wall Street as communist when it’s the opposite. There’s this ‘let them eat cake’ attitude, and it just gets crazier and crazier by the minute. How far can this go?”—Alex Jones
“Prices are going up. Unemployment is continuing to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created by our federal reserve system.” —Ron Paul
“I heard this guy Herman Cain, the pizza king running for president, saying that Occupy Wall Street are anti-capitalist. You got it wrong, Herman. It’s anti-capitalist to bail out banks and to bail out your buddies. That’s anti-capitalist. If you or I fail, nobody bails us out. In capitalism, you’re supposed to rise and fall on your own merits.”—Gerald Celente
“You heard Eric ‘Kiddie’ Cantor say that he was afraid of mob rule down on Wall Street. Oh, you’re afraid, little cutie baby? How about going down there yourself and walking through the crowds?”—Gerald Celente
And if you think things are really bad in the BRA in November 2011, just wait—all this misery is only the tip of the iceberg. Violent crime will skyrocket, food riots will be the norm. Today’s unemployed MBA will be tomorrow’s carjacker; today’s unemployed construction worker will be tomorrow’s drug trafficker or kidnapper. When the low-term unemployed can’t even get a stinking part-time job at the dollar store, job openings with the Sinaloa Cartel or La Familia Michoacana will start looking pretty damn good.
The worst is yet to come in this Third World horror movie called The Banana Republic of America, formerly the USA. God help us.
20 million is more than in many countries. An entire country that is 100% extremely poor…that is what this figure represents. This was our HOPE and CHANGE. And you are going to vote for more of this in 2012? If you vote for Obama…be careful…YOU just may get what you vote for.
Welcome to Obama world.
A big thank you to Obama….good job with the economy, can you do any worse? Oh, that’s right, it’s Bushs fault.
Thank you o’sama o’bama for this hope and change.
Thank you o’sama o’bama and the rest of the leadership of the communist/democRAT party.
It will be a wild ride. Older folks will starve.
Amazing how this turns into a left vs. right battle just like everything else rather than just trying to solve the damn situation. Solving it would be quite easy if people would work together rather than against each other. I’ve personally got several possible approaches that would work, and I’m doing my best to get those solutions in front of people. The best, I think, is a series of local steps that can be taken city by city, town by town that can bring about 0% unemployment without reliance on the federal government or federal reserve notes.
Problems cant be cured with Democrats like yourself who put us here and who let 40 million illegals break into our country.
I’m not sure which founding father saId this but he stated that threats from within are a bigger threat to our nation than threats from outside. The left, in my opinion, is the biggest threat to the American way of life today.
It’s stale; but it’s true…… If you pay people to be poor… you have a lot of poor people…. the surest way to get to poverty is to be a single parent… who rewards single parenthood… the government… people need to be responsible and stop looking to the government to take care of them… if you don’t like your situation do something about it… don’t wait for someone to come and wipe your ass… I’m NOT directing this rant to the old and the infirmed… I’m talking about the people who have been duped by the government to believe that their entitled to other peoples money… go get an education in a field that will pay you to work… stop having children you know you cannot afford… Wah… Wah… Wah… what a mean person I am… Grow up and WORK!!!
To all those in these comments who point to our Creator and the need to get on our knees and beg His Mercy…I agree.
As to the economic and social realities here in the USA, there are two truths, both inconvenient:
(1) We ordinary people have allowed ourselves to become spoiled and dangerously dependent on large government and large corporations. We are far from self-sufficiency in our families and in our communities. Thus we are vulnerable to large-scale control strategies by the elite. We also deserve God’s chastisement for forgetting and denying Him, for taking up lives of luxury and self-gratification, for violating all of his Ten Commandments, not to mention the Beatitudes, for serving Mammon rather than God.
(2) The elite, including but not limited to the Freemasons, the Jewish as well as Gentile financial manipulators, the Federal Reserve, the Council on Foreign Relations, Hollywood, liberal media, and liberal academia, have systematically destroyed Christian civilization, small producers, economic freedom, political freedom, and sound money. They have employed deception to do so, but we have cooperated in our own destruction by allowing ourselves to be governed by our baser passions, including laziness.
The first step to a solution will be a spiritual re-awakening, and a return to God—on our knees, in humility and reverence. Any solutions that omit or exclude that spiritual transformation will certainly fail.
Somewhere near the beginning of the article, reference was made to The Daily Mail.Wonder if those statistics are reliable?
Without a doubt a lot of Americans are hurting. I have to wonder though, how many of people included in this census are illegal aliens. It is truly a shame that the U.S. has to take on the burden of other countries’ poor, when we are struggling to take care of our own native born sons and daughters. Even more of a shame are these politicians that are dragging their feet on passing the E-Verify bill. This bill would free up millions of jobs being occupied by illegal aliens and make them available to unemployed Americans. Those people blaming corporations for jobs being lost overseas need to blame the international corporations not the small ones. As far as competing with countries that use slave labor, wasn’t the reason why we use to not do trade with countries like China?
Banksters….. Winter is coming up, and if you see someone that does not have a home, don’t be afraid to offer a roof
All over the United States (and all around the world), there are hard working people that are desperately hurting. As you celebrate the good things that you have during this time of the year, don’t forget to remember them !!!!
Some people choice poverty as a life style.
I have family members who pop out kids to collect more food stamps and welfare, they marry men who won’t work or work for cash so they can continue to collect from the govt. Most are waiting for their parents to pass away so they can sell what their parents worked hard to earn. They all have 4 wheelers and boats so they can spend time fishing / hunting / playing. In one case there’s a disabled child, the family members fight over who get’s the child as they are able to collect more money from the govt for the child’s disability. The money goes for beer and drugs, the child gets what it’s grandmother provides.
My experience with the govt assistance. Back in 1980 I was in Tech school, married, working full time. I lost my job, went to unemployment office, was told I could get all types of help, till they found out I was in school. I was told I had to drop out of school. I had some choice words, I left took my last $20 went to the store to buy bread and peanut butter. The lady in front of me with a bunch of kids was buy a lot of items, including dog food and paying for them with foods stamps. She was told she could not buy dog food with food stamps, she sent one kid back to get hamburger as the dog liked it better. I went off on her (today I would have been arrested for what I said). I ended up taking a part time job sacking groceries till I could find a full time job. I completed school and am doing well. I know if I had taken the govt offer I would still be dependent on the govt to this day – and maybe living like my family members. Everyone needs help from time to time, but govt likes to create dependents.
As a result of my hard work and “success” I have been disowned by family.
it is so sad, the unemployed are the Jews of this horrible holocaust……..and if you don’t think these poor are dying in the streets you aren’t getting it
our media REFUSES TO TALK ABOUT THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS GOING INTO UNEMPLOYMENT EVERY WEEK FOR 3 DARN YEARS—-EVERY WEEK!
THEY PROTCT OBAMA AND THEY HIDE THOSE HORRIBLE NUMBERS LIKE THEY HIDE THE HORRIBLE NUMBER OF DEAD SOLDIERS in obama’s wars!
THE media refuse to acknowledge the unemployed UNDER OBAMA just like Hitler’s media REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT THE MURDERED JEWS
SHAME ON THEM
These liberal policies sure are doing what they are intended to do. Completely destroy the U.S. economy. Keep installing more and more regulations so even more businesses decide to leave the country.
spread misery evenly
Right. Liberalism is there to find the lowest common thread and knock everyone down. Conservatism looks to build people up thru economic freedom by giving individuals equal opportunity for success not equal outcomes.
4 more years!!! By then we will no doubt have destroyed the U.S.A. Si Se Puede!!! We cannot let the republicans win now and destroy everything we have worked for. They will try to turn things around and get the economy back on track but we will die trying to stop them!!
“Free trade” with low-wage countries exported all our manufacturing jobs. What did you THINK was going to happen? Now, we compete with 40-cent-an-hour foreign labor. Because all the jobs are gone to the low-wage countries, there are not enough taxpayers to pay the unemployment insurance for the unemployed. So, we borrow from China. Do you think this can go on forever? What do you think it will look like when it stops?
An Alternative to Capitalism (if the people knew about it, they would demand it)
Several decades ago, Margaret Thatcher claimed: “There is no alternative”. She was referring to capitalism. Today, this negative attitude still persists.
I would like to offer an alternative to capitalism for the American people to consider. Please click on the following link. It will take you to an essay titled: “Home of the Brave?” which was published by the Athenaeum Library of Philosophy:
http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/steinsvold.htm
John Steinsvold
Perhaps in time the so-called dark ages will be thought of as including our own.
–Georg C. Lichtenberg
The Great Obama Bin Laden, Wall Street, The Big Corporations, Politicans, Are Teaching Americans
A Lesson. Obama Said It Best When He Said Americans Had It To Easy,That They Were Soft,
so When They Tell You “*********** You And The Horse You Rode ON” Before This All Happpened Believe Them, This Is America Going THe European Way,But
There Is No Money To Pay For It, So Again Just Be Patient,THe Collapse And Relief From This Madness Will Come Soon And At A Unexcepted Time.
WHAT IS THE BIRTH RATE OF THE POOR, DO THEY HAVE MORE CHILDREN BROUGHT INTO POVERTY AND STAYING IN POVERTY THUS RAISING THE POVERTY RATE
it is totally unbelievable that not one person can see the truth even in such plain view–the truthh is that starting in 2006 the democrats took over both the congress and the senate and then in 2008 the obama nightmare—-the poor under the democrats and obama are at least 35% poorer than in bushes terms—do you remember obama devalued our currency by 20% or did the term quantitative easing sound so good that you let the democrates make the money u have worth 20% less in buying power.—you people who voted for these dems and obama–you are the ones who beliveed the lies of hope and change–you are in denial that u are fodder for these democrats–they do absoluttly nothing but make us poorer and push their marxist class warfare–and all these occupy sheep are misled into the wilderness away from the true problem —the corrupt politicians in washington d.c.—these are supposed to represent the people and they have not and obama has betrayed the poor. you who voted for the hope and change it is your fault the poor are so poor. so do the right thing and demand all corrupt politicians resign. the occuppy movement is a global marxist entity hell bent on destroying our great country and steal our wealth—fools. socialism is rationing of everything and capitalism makes everything available. in the end socialism is enslavement it is the big lie. and obama is the deciever in chief–and marxist political correctness doctrines have made you unable to voice the truth–therefore you are being controlled–as the occupiers are controlled by anonymous–and who is this anonymous–globally–the state dept under hillary and in the us –obama—-these are the anarchist baiters around the world–they work at the pleasure of the global bankers–against the people of the united states–but they are supposed to work for the people–the solution is self evident march on washington and demand their resignations or be tried for high crimes and misdeamenors.
What a thoughtful response.
By the way, under Obama, the Democrats have not had the supermajorities needed to pass anything without significant compromise. They only held 57 Senate seats during the peak of their power in 2009.
The Occupy Movement is not “marxist”, and voting for Republicans will not solve our problems. They will just cut all the programs that help the poor.
not true u are stating democrat lies–under bush the poor got a raise every year. the annonymous are anti-capitalist because they are controll fanatics==maybe you should look up who owns zucotti park in new york and the owners connection to obama it may open your eyes—thank u
Well, if “Marxist” is just a state of mind, you might be right. But if one considers the similarities with your assertions along the goals and statements of Obama, OWS, et. al., a conceptual agreement in goals, if not language seems to magically emerge without much effort involved. Should I give the quotes?
Refresh my memory, how did Obamacare pass with 57 votes?
It most certainly is Marxist. My University professor, an avowed Marxist, has even stated so. You are leaving in a dream world Indigo. The Democrats had it all, could not even pass a budget, and are responsible for the mess we are in. Yet all you can do is continue to parrot lies. If you do your research, it’s Republicans who actually give more to the poor. Although Liberal families make 6% more on average, Republican families give 30% more to charities. You need to get your head out of the sand.
Thank goodness there was at least the level of balcance left in Washington. By the way, those are the rules of the Senate, that they agreed to, in order to do exactly that, to prevent the majority from completely walking over the minority. I agree with the other guy, the Dems took over Congress in 2006 and Congress spends the money, not the President. Then they held the majority with Obama for two years. Then the people voted the Dems out of the House in a Landslide Victory and reduced their majority in the Senate. The timeline is a fact. Elections are Elections.
Please get your facts straight. Congress was controlled by democrats from 2006-2010. The 2010 election made the difference and finally slowed down this marxist regime. The media doesn’t outright lie-they omit. Just watch the mainstream media in the morning. You’ll hear all about the Royal family in UK, moviestars and recipes. The truth is they keep the Americans in the dark. OWS is supported by – kkk, CAIR, Black Panther and other disgusting Socialist, Communist groups, along with our President and Democrats in Congress. The lamestream media doesn’t report it.
57? You obviously are ignorant of the facts. They held 58 for the first 1.5 years of Jesus’ disastrous presidency with the two “independents” being reliable dumbocrat votes. 58 + 2 = 60, last time I checked.
You must be drinking your own bath water.
What nonsense you spout. Turn off rush. You sound like one of the American Taliban, err, tea baggers.
Gary you sound like a Marxist Anti American traitor. Too bad all the out sourcing was cause from your DEMO hero useless Clinton. That is right Gary your Marxist traitor all the jobs leaving the country is all Billy Bob Clinton fault he signed NAFTA and GATT we warn you DUMMY CRATS but you were too gullible to listen then or now. Do some research Gary on facts instead of being a parrot boy for the Huff POst
The democrats are all hell bent on converting us to a Socialist government like Greece. They know it will destroy the country but they don’t care. They believe they can win elections by supporting these evil policies.
Oh come on now. Blaming everything on the democrats is simply being blind and ignorant. Republicans and Democrats are simply puppets on different hands of the same person. One barks from the right hand, the other barks for the left hand. In the end, they’re both operated by the same person. Voting republican won’t fix the problems.
I just wish people would wake the hell up and realize the reality that BOTH parties are bought and paid for; they work for their owners, not the American people.
cisconchip,
I will gladly call for the resignations of Barack Hussein Obama and his entire cabinet, provided if you promise that you won’t attempt to put any Republican on the throne………..
I have a hard time taking anything seriously from a person who has evidently not passed grade school writing class.
Your capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar are atrocious.
I am not even going to comment on the pathetic lack of factual evidence that you display in your ridiculous rant.
Would it have been any better if John McCain had won in 2008? Probably not.
A lot of statistics and numerous mentions of “Americans”. There is more to this than people out of jobs. Take California for example with 12-13% of the US population (not all Americans) they have over 33% of all welfare in the country and that is up from 21% in 1996. In 2007, immigrant use of welfare programs (32.7 percent) was 69 percent higher than non-immigrants’ use (19.4 percent). In the US we import poverty unlike other countries who export it.
Cut all government salaries by 50%, eliminate their retirement medical and reduce their pensions to what we get from social security and invest this money in infrastructure jobs. The end result will be 4% unemployment. Democrats and unions are destroying this Country!
The problem is inflation caused by government giving people money for producing nothing. This causes the price of goods to go up including housing etc. There are less people producing these goods, but everyone still needs these goods so the price goes up. Your wages don’t increase, but your taxes do to pay for the government paid non productive people so you keep getting poorer. The only way to ever bring the economy back is to take most of these people off the government payroll and put them back to work.
Gee, I thought the problem is inflation caused by corporate welfare, corporations paying no taxes, corporations controlling Congress, corporations destroying our environment, and by speculators on Wall Street who buy and sell commodities and oil for profit even though it causes the deaths of millions.
I love fools like you Sharon destorying the envrioment as you sit using electrity, on a computer full of rare earth metals crying about the evil corporations that made and delivered almost everything in your house. If you are one of the those eco freaks nutcases please live like you preach no house no car no computer no electric just a teepee. Oh that right all your Eco freaks are hyopcritc I forgot. Practice what you preach or grow up and be an adult.
Millions of these people collecting benefits,welfare and so on, are illegal aliens. We now have about 40 miliion illegals in this country at the cost of about 1/2 a trillion annually. Go ahead and vote for a Demonrat or Perry and Romney. See where it gets you. Soon there will be 100 million illegals in your country and it will be a true third world country. Go ahead cowardly Americans say nothing.
Republicans have chosen illegal aliens to be the scapegoats for their political shenanigans and Democrats have chosen greedy businessmen to be their scapegoats.
The truth is that there are not 40 million illegal aliens sucking up welfare and many businessmen are struggling to maintain a middle-class lifestyle.
It doesn’t matter too much at this point who you vote for. The truth is that it would break the bank to either expel or incarcerate all the illegal aliens and it would hurt the economy more than help it. You could confiscate all the wealth of the richest people in America and it wouldn’t make a dent in the debt.
Americans need to ride this out knowing that it is their own choices, both economic and at the polls, over a period on many years that have brought us to this point.
Go get some facts, Dan. Simply parroting the false rhetoric of right-wing bigots isn’t going to help anyone. Besides, who do you think is going to be paying for the entitlements in the future? We could probably use more immigrants instead of less.
Yes, I was just saying to myself today, what we need more of is illegal immigrants. The Democrats make them out to all be humble poor folks just looking to better their families’ lives by working in the U.S. Just this week, 15 minutes from my house, a ranch hand was walking along a fence line when he saw a hispanic male with an AK-47. Turned out to be a multi-million dollar marijuana operation connected to Mexican Drug Cartels. Illegals were arrested. http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/Record_Pot_Bust_In_Leon_County_-_Mexican_Drug_Cartel_Suspected_133371303.html
This is the 3rd such instance involving illegals, marijuana, and Mexican Drug Cartels within a 2 hour drive in recent months. Call me a bigot if you want, but I don’t think we can “probably use more immigrants instead of less”.
Perhaps the ill will towards the poor is just a response to how the poor constantly attack those that have done the right things in life.
We can’t even have a tax cut for the people actally PAYING taxes without having to send a hand out check to the free loaders.
I went into the miltiary, worked my way through college at night, raised a family, missed my first six wedding anaversaries, missed some birthdays, took parttime jobs at night etc…
While the free loader did drugs, drank and hung out with friends. Now I make a good living and they talk about paying my fair share?
Get real! I EARNED MINE go EARN yours.
Sorry if you already screwed up your own life but that was YOUR doing. Quit trying to screw up mine to make yourself feel better.
We are tired of you telling us to mind our own business while you constantly free load off of us. You bought into the democrat BS will enjoy your life.
Got no problem with helping people who lost their jobs for a while but this career poverty moochers need to fend for themselves.
Hey ayn rand-you are so selfish and it is people like you that are the problem.
You gotta have boots in order to pull yourself up by your boot straps
it went right over your head gary.
You are sick minded and evil. Many people who have easier lives cannot fathom how people get into poverty, but I sincerely hope that you end up there yourself. I hope you lose everything. Then tell me about “doing the right things” in life { you idiot }. Incredibly stupid that you assume all poor people are drug addicts or just sitting around. Stupid moron. “Career poverty” types ? Oh for God’s sake. Try a crap economy, age discrimination, insurance rip offs and the list is endless. You make me ill.
Bill has written the most rational response I’ve read so far. Like him, my life has been hard, but living in America I knew that I, and only I had the power the make my life better. I have gone from having my last paycheck bounce, with a newborn baby who needed corrective surgery, no healthcare, behind in my mortgage and no job. To living in a nice house, a son one year from graduating from college, a sucessful business and a happy marriage. All because I live in the last best hope for freedom. A country that would allow a smuck like me to dig in, bust my ass, take risk and reap the rewards America provides to those who work, work hard, and the next day they get up and do it again. All without whining or taking handouts. I’m know almost 60 years old, I still get up every day at 4:00 am, work until 5:pm and work at least 6 days a week.
Like Bill I have paid my share of the National Debt, My Wife’s share & my Son’s share. I have done so over and over again. What do I get? The slackers and bums complaining that I haven’t paid enough while they tweet each other on their iPhones and iPads wearing their $400.00 sneakers and ultra cool hand knit hats.
The only reason (other than the congenitally handicapped, and even then there are remarkable stories) someone in America is NOT rich is because they choose to be. For the truely needy I gladly donate MY hard earned money to charities that spend 90 cents out of every dollar helping the needy.
This response is nonsensical and shows the ignorance of the author. Walk a mile in another “man’s” shoes before you pass such judgement.Read the book “End of Work” by Jeremy Rifkin. Our economy is undergoing profound revolutionary changes in technology assigning wage-labor historically to the dust bins. Robots do not buy “commodities” which is what are produced under capitalism. The new technologies are creating non-consuming producers while throwing the non-producing consumer out in the streets.
Folks – I too believe in God and His Only Son, Jesus Christ. Yet, I feel compelled to remind you that faith without works is dead. Yes, America must return to God, yet Christians must lead the way through the example they set. God instructs us, His People, to study to show ourselves approved. God has always placed emphasis on religious education which is what set the foundation of Western Civilization. Uneducated minds do not by default establish greater favor with God. I encourage all those in Christ and Americans who love Freedom and Democracy to become advocates for education so that as a society we can put our hearts and minds to work for the good of all. I pray Christians do more than murmur and complain; rather put your hand to the plow and don’t look back. And hey, if you’re so anointed, go forth without training as the Apostles and make disciples of all who hear. God has not called us to run from tribulations but rather stand against the tide and raise the standard of Christ.
You would advocate “education” in Marxist American colleges? Have you ever come to know the Lord?
If we could just figure out how to turn poor people in to gasoline we would solve two problems, proverty and energy.
du da,
Brilliant! I think the late-night comedians and perhaps Bill Maher could use this one in their stand-up!
Come to Orlando, Fl. See the Amway Center where the “better off” come to see NBA games. Then, just walk a very few blocks away and see where the rough neighborhood begins. Somewhere between the Amway Center and that bad neighborhood is where white corporate America has given up.
What does America owe you Robert?
I doubt government and other stats as they can be manipulated to serve ones purpose. First, what is “food insecurity”. Our First Lady says we are obese so which is it? Next, they define someone that is “hungry” in the US as someone that has missed one meal within 30 days. That could be any of us that may have skipped lunch. Next, so many on food stamps because they can be and are handed out to increase government dependency sort of like the school lunch programs where no one pays for their kids lunch these days. Granted there are poor in the US but our poor is nothing compared to elsewhere in the world. There are more places in the US to get handouts than anywhere on earth. Times are not as great as before but it certainly isn’t as bad as this US Censes stats. Again, the new term now is “food insecurity” which I guess means worrying where your next meal is coming from. I haven’t seen an extremely skinny person in the US in years.
There are plenty of obese poor in the U.S. The reason they are fat is because they are pumped up with high fructose corn syrup (it’s literally in EVERYTHING!!) – and it’s unavoidable. It’s in ketchup. Hawaiian Punch. Your McRib. Jose Cuervo Margarita Mix. (That is true. Check the label. It’s there.)
Why? Food corporations, corn farmers and lobbyists. But that is a story for another day.
Wanna know why the hungry people in Third World countries are so skinny?
They don’t eat McRibs, or McNuggets or McLobster or McIceCream or McCandy. They don’t drink soda pop with corn syrup. (If you drink soda in the U.S., you’re drinking high fructose corn syrup. You almost have no choice but to do so.) They eat beans, rice, corn, and whatever is available.
Granted, if they could, they probably would eat our gourmet McMeals. They are starving after all. But – our bodies aren’t meant to convert that crap into something useable. So the Third World is skinny, starving and poor, and the U.S. is obese and poor.
OK, having said that, I’m going to have a manufactured frozen pollock fish sandwich now…
I was raides in a house that had holes in the floor. You could see the ground underneath. We worked for our food and occasionally went to town. An ice cream cone was an annual treat and you want me to aqccept that that many people are POOR? Bull… They don’t know what poor is. They are considered rich by far more countries than poor. This is no more than a ploy for more money to those who don’t work and don’t want to work. Let them become hungry abd they will.
So now we should lower our standards? If you have stove you must be on the up and up huh?
Exactly how is poverty being measured for these statistics, as well as the hunger levels of the American children?
Perfect questions, Emily! The way we measure “poor” in this country has little to do with actual poverty. Most “poor” households own at least one car, have a place to live, have a big-screen TV with cable, own cellphones, and the like. “Food Insecurity” means they don’t get 3 squares a day – poor things! I usually eat only twice a day. Can I get on the gravy train as well? If you want to see what poverty really looks like, there are plenty of churches and organizations which sponsor mission trips to countries which are truly poor. Before anyone starts screaming for more government intervention (the chief cause of poverty in this country IMHO), go someplace like Guatemala City or the Nairobi shantytown and see what bad government and real poverty look like face-to-face.
Well if this isn’t the strangest thing promising more handouts and doing nothing to help small business and the unemployment rose as the poverty becomes the norm and elderly have just lost 25% of the value of their social security as the gravy of loans like Solyndra and G.E. still flows. How could this be that the Democrats had it all figured out and it went sour ? Obama is the smartest guy in politics right? He makes legs tingle and pockets jingle with small change we can believe in. What great progress we are making going into our new third world status so we can be absorbed by columbia. If you are born here you are an indian just working for the chiefs. Maybe I will trade my Obama-ist worthless dollars for some plastic beads with the next infidel to land and become a minority on a reservation and hope to open a casino.
There is no such thing as “extreme poverty” in the United States. If you’d ever visited a country where people are really poor, you’d understand the difference.
Anyone notice that it’s probably technically impossible to make a Liberal happy, unless you acquiesce to their demands?
To the CCC nostalgics above, do you think folks will do hard work in man-camps for the inflation adjusted wages? Isn’t that part of the problem now? It’s not even bad yet when you consider we have folks who won’t work since the gubment writes a check. Everyone knows someone who is mooching off the system. Be honest with yourself, even if you want to propagandize here.
Decide for yourself.
“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
A. Lincoln
http://napoleonlive.info/see-the-evidence/sesquicentennial-of-the-civil-war-2/
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
Plutarch d AD 120
http://napoleonlive.info/what-i-think/occupy-wall-street-get-the-money-out-of-politics/
NeilSalemMA Why does all this remind me of France in the 1780s and 1790s?
Our system of free enterprise is a corrupt oligarchy of the wealthy that drives more and more middle class Americans into poverty, even while the very rich get much richer. As happened over 200 years ago in France, the people will eventually rise up.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/17/markets/thebuzz/?source=cnn_bin
The problem with these comparisons is that they compare groups and not real, flesh and blood people. Furthermore, when the poverty line is arbitrarily drawn rather than been defined as someone who can’t feed, clothe and shelter themselves then it’s even less meaningful. Which is not to say that people aren’t doing it tougher than a few years ago but it may not be as bad is made out.
The problem is with Congress, not the President, but it’s easier to blame him than the legislators, isn’t it? The Republicans filibuster any bill in the Senate, and, as a result, no bill can pass without a 60 vote majority. In the House, Republicans are passing legislation that de-regulates our country, that places controls on a woman’s body, and that promotes a Grover Norquist-agenda and cuts jobs in the federal government in the delusional belief that cut public sector jobs will lead to increases in private sector jobs.
I know how the government works. Yet so many of you on this blog don’t know how government works. I am truly scared.
The president can propose bills and can sign bills into law, but it’s only the Congress that can draft those bills and pass those bills.
Who is the author of this article?
Where did he get his statistics for his list?
November 7, 2011
AND THE LORD SAITH THROUGH PROPHET TO THE NATIONS, DR JOHN F KOSSOWAN, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WAY OUT OF POVERTY IS NOT TO DEPEND ON THE WEALTHY TO GIVE YOU MONEY OR FOOD, NO, THE WAY TO HAVING MUCH FOOD IS TO BECOME A SAVED CHRISTIAN, AND THEN I, THE LORD, WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE FOOD THAT YOU NEED, FOR I THE LORD THY GOD AM A RIGHTEOUS GOD AND I TAKE CARE OF MY SHEEP, THEREFORE, DO NOT HESITATE TO BECOME ONE OF MY SHEEP TODAY AND BECOME A SAVED CHRISTIAN RIGHT NOW BY SAYING THIS PRAYER; “DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, PLEASE PLACE JESUS INTO MY HEART, I REPENT OF MY PAST SINS, AND I WILL SERVE YOU FOREVERMORE, HEAVENLY FATHER, IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.” AND NOW SAY THIS PRAYER PLEASE, “DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, MAY THE HONORABLE HOLY SPIRIT TEACH ME ALL I NEED TO KNOW, IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.” AND NOW YOU ARE A SAVED CHRISTIAN, AND YOU WILL LIVE A LONG, WONDERFUL LIFE HERE ON EARTH, AND YOU WILL BECOME WEALHY WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE HONORABLE HOLY SPIRIT, IN JESUS NAME, AMEN !!!
ONE ! EXCLAMATION MARK FROM GOD THE FATHER !
ONE ! EXCLAMATION MARK FROM GOD THE SON ! AND
ONE ! EXCLAMATION MARK FROM GOD THE HONORABLE HOLY SPIRIT !
Judgment has come to America. You are like the Pharisee that tells himself “god” loves me and you are nothing but a whitewashed tomb that is as manipulative and deceitful as the wicked in the world. You better get a grip for most of you will be living in extreme poverty in a little more than year from now. That is those that are still alive on this earth. Your politics are a joke. Both the Republicans and the Democrats are working together to destroy this nation and force all of us under communism. Your money is worthless. You are blind and naked and don’t even know it. Now is the time for Repentance. If YHWH has mercy he might save your soul, but this nation has been sentenced for destruction.