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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]Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)87. It is a simple answer, too many of those in poverty votes for candidates who take good care of the
Top ten percent of earnings and then wonder why they struggle so much. They don't give a damn about those at 90% and below. They vote on the dumb bell on one issue and it does not have anything to do with creating jobs.
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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