Posted on 03/02/2007 3:11:24 PM PST by MovementConservative
I demand a video walkthrough of the abode of 10 randomly selected severely poor families. It must be completely random. Oh, yes, and the register tapes from their last shopping trip. And the names of the fathers of the children.
They are probably illegal aliens...
Sorry, I don't believe this report for an instant.
Total BS, it never includes so called transfer payments from the US government complements of all taxpayers. They are really making about 35k when you figure that in.
On the other hand, the nanny state and creeping socialists are growing quite wealthy.
In this country (at least among citizens) "poverty" means only having one color TV."Severe poverty" means that you only have a black and white TV.
I remember hearing some guy from India say he would like to live in America - because all of the poor people are fat
And only one ipod.
How about... same old McClatchy horsesh*t?
The phrase "more and more single moms" caught my eye. As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
Obviously, government is failing in its duty to be father to all those carelessly conceived children.
Not much thought on this issue. The biggest factor in poverty, in my opinion, are liberal policies that negatively impact job opportunities and education.
Liberal immigration policies probably contribute to poverty statistics, as many illegal immigrant families, and those who live on the fringe of society intentionally live off of the grid, and thus are counted as statistics who have fallen through the cracks in our safety net programs.
It seems to me that Republicans in general do not care about the poor.
Democrats, on the other hand, actively keep the poor, poor so they continue to be a captive voting block.
The poor are pretty much screwed.
There is an opportunity for Republicans to solve a societal ill should anyone in the party care to address the issue.
Barbara Streisand!
No kidding - I can remember a time in my childhood, we had no plumbing, no money for charcoal for heat, and the food was getting pretty scarce.
I wonder if the fat welfare queens have ever really seen hunger?
Everyone ive everseen on welfare has a color TV and basic cable and a dvd player and a playstation. Theres a reason they stay poor
First of all I do not believe the article. A family of four that makes $190.00 per week is making less than the minimum wage unless they are working as waiters, food servers or others who get most of their money from tips than something is wrong with the numbers. Assume that both are working for the minimum and they should be getting approximately $532 per week and approximately $27,664 per year not to include food stamps, rent assistance and tax returns for low income people. And most states have a minimum wage more than the national minimum wage. So there is something wrong with the article and I would assume that it is being written so that the Democrats will have campaign lies for 2008.
I think it's where you only have one zoot suit, only two pairs of loose tennis shoes, and no ho.
And, of course, the number of severely poverty stricken people has risen sharply since 2000, just as homelessness becomes a phenomenon much more reported upon soon after a Republican becomes President, having lain relatively dormant during a Democrat's tenure.
Hunger is when you smeel meat cooking, and you throw up, because you haven't seen meat in years.
Oil shortage? Who can afford oil, anyway?
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