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In reply to the discussion: 80% of the US Population is at or below the POVERTY line - WHY is this NOT a National Emergency??? [View all]Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)82. 50 million is 16% of the population
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80% of the US Population is at or below the POVERTY line - WHY is this NOT a National Emergency??? [View all]
FirstLight
Nov 2013
OP
Near poverty is when average cost of living expenditures are equal or close to total income.
haele
Nov 2013
#23
Yeah, it's more accurate to say that 80% of Americans aren't all that financially secure, at best.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#112
Sadly, this is the way I see it too, constant adjustment to disaster capitalism. Also, I think
RKP5637
Nov 2013
#72
Exactly what is happening, the surveillance noose is tighting all of the time, every minute
RKP5637
Nov 2013
#80
In short, R=D when it comes to $$$$$, but many live in denial of that fact. n/t
RKP5637
Nov 2013
#76
I love PBO. Still, the Presidency is a very well-paying, lifetime position. It pays much better
libdem4life
Nov 2013
#53
I didn't say that. It is a job and it pays very, very well, as it should. It holds historical
libdem4life
Nov 2013
#137
Well, I don't disagree with most of what you said, including that he was never
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#181
Funny, I just wrote a post that helped me clear up that war vote...I strongly opposed that. But
libdem4life
Nov 2013
#186
Well, I live in Ny and did at that time. Most NYers did not want a war in Iraq and those who
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#195
Thank you for your reply of experience and your thoughts. I was in the Flower Power Generation on
libdem4life
Nov 2013
#199
It's that a second term does not turn a President back into a Populist. He has a legacy to build
libdem4life
Nov 2013
#187
Americans are held in a financially repressive society, nothing akin to jacquerie among the poor
RKP5637
Nov 2013
#88
As a species, we've probably been in class warfare with the rich and/or powerful
merrily
Nov 2013
#140
You're absolutely right .. even these renowned film makers can't get it right .. they're too rich.
YOHABLO
Nov 2013
#131
$3000 a month or more. In reality she'd be commuting in from Oakland or Concord.
diane in sf
Nov 2013
#139
It's shocking how coldly indifferent to suffering and death so many rightwingers are.
Arugula Latte
Nov 2013
#172
not my stats, but you are going to turn away just because it isn't *that* bad?
FirstLight
Nov 2013
#19
a $50K income anywhere in Maine is very high. In NYC, San Francisco, Honolulu...
magical thyme
Nov 2013
#163
Agreed. And I followed the links to the source, which is a study that showed that 80% struggled...
magical thyme
Nov 2013
#184
+ a lot. I imagine almost everyone has been unemployed at some point in their lives
7962
Nov 2013
#81
Because the GOP controls Congress and want to see non-GOPers suffer and blame Obama AND
kelliekat44
Nov 2013
#26
And some would rather shout "It's not Obama's fault" than to face the actual problem
Doctor_J
Nov 2013
#33
again, not MY numbers...but hey, that's a good enough reason to NOT care, right?
FirstLight
Nov 2013
#34
actually it is....nobody wants to have a discussion with someone with incorrect facts.
cbdo2007
Nov 2013
#38
If the claim is that "80% of americans are below poverty" how could it not be about inequality?
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2013
#94
+10000 Valid numbers that illustrate the emergency have been posted all over this thread.
woo me with science
Nov 2013
#108
This is the callous, dismissive garbage we have come to expect from the Third Way.
woo me with science
Nov 2013
#39
Sure. So would some empathy for a fellow DUer on food stamps who just had them cut and
merrily
Nov 2013
#152
the medium income is bs since the millionaires and billionaires are averaged into that
passiveporcupine
Nov 2013
#191
not shiny and new, not newsworthy, won't sell products (what the media thinks)
NRaleighLiberal
Nov 2013
#48
A real national emergency is when some pop star shakes her butt on TeeVee.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2013
#55
The stat in the actual article is 80% are at or near poverty at some point in their lives
jeff47
Nov 2013
#90
Exactly. Doesn't mean it isn't a problem, but it does require a different fix. (nt)
jeff47
Nov 2013
#97
It is a simple answer, too many of those in poverty votes for candidates who take good care of the
Thinkingabout
Nov 2013
#87
I hope that when you do read the whole thread, you will cut the OP some slack.
merrily
Nov 2013
#149
Shocking Study: 4 out of 5 in USA Face Near-Poverty and Unemployment < Is the headline
jtuck004
Nov 2013
#110
But I love how certain posters are determined to K&R even though these numbers are way off
Number23
Nov 2013
#129
Legal double standards are a fact of American life now, too. Until Wall St. cons go to jail, that's
ancianita
Nov 2013
#130
The Oligarchs And Corporations Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
cantbeserious
Nov 2013
#134
When we dig down into the report, we learn the magic phrase "for at least parts of their lives..."
MADem
Nov 2013
#177
Will we have to reach critical mass and be on the brink of starvation before we 'storm the bastille'
CrispyQ
Nov 2013
#165
It is always so amazing to come in contact with people in their early twenties.
truedelphi
Nov 2013
#189
"reliance on government assistance" = S.S. and Medicare, for example. Govt pensions, maybe.
WinkyDink
Nov 2013
#194