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Severe poverty in U.S. hits high
The Buffalo News ^ | 2/25/2007 | By TONY PUGH

Posted on 03/02/2007 3:11:24 PM PST by MovementConservative

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To: digger48

And, don't they stink!


61 posted on 03/02/2007 6:12:32 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: theBuckwheat

Whatever it takes to get a headline.


62 posted on 03/02/2007 6:15:11 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Old Professer
What chance do you think this story would have getting published in 2009?

Obammy can eliminate poverty by issuing "poverty credits"

63 posted on 03/02/2007 6:20:32 PM PST by nascarnation
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Not trying to excuse this article, but I know some folks who work about 3-4 months a year at a "regular" job. They report 10k or whatever to the IRS. What isn't reported is the fact that they often work cash businesses the rest of the time. They also often go back to their home countries during the layoff period where you can live easily on 50 bucks a week. Indians, central and south Americans.


64 posted on 03/02/2007 6:23:28 PM PST by Malsua
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To: MovementConservative

Wait a moment. Clinton solved poverty when he was President.

I know because there were no articles on poor people or the homeless for eight years.


65 posted on 03/02/2007 6:26:10 PM PST by exit82 (Defend our defenders--get off the fence.)
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To: patton

A man gathering pearls never sees that the beach is made of shells.


66 posted on 03/02/2007 6:26:34 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: nascarnation

Great idea, let's get in on the ground floor.


67 posted on 03/02/2007 6:27:44 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Old Professer
"What chance do you think this story would have getting published in 2009?"

If Hussein or Hillery is in NONE, No, Never, just like the so called homeless they will disappear.
68 posted on 03/02/2007 6:33:29 PM PST by YOUGOTIT (56 Supporters of al Qaeda are seated in the US Senate)
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To: Old Professer

Where the warm cuddles are
The light travels slower
As it shifts down to yellow


69 posted on 03/02/2007 6:37:31 PM PST by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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To: MovementConservative

Would the Left even begin to consider that the destruction of the family unit - 2 parents - is in many cases the factor that has caused this poverty?


70 posted on 03/02/2007 6:38:11 PM PST by Volunteer (Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
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To: MovementConservative

"the number of severely poor Americans grew by 26 percent from 2000 to 2005 "

BUSH !


71 posted on 03/02/2007 6:43:53 PM PST by traumer
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To: MovementConservative
The percentage of poor Americans who are living in severe
poverty has reached a 32-year high, millions of working Americans
are falling closer to the poverty line and the gulf between
the nation's "haves" and "have-nots" continues to widen.


This is most likely Bravo Sierra from the MSM.

But, if true, it's no suprise due to two factors.

1. A string of President that have really done nothing substantive
to stop the invasion of the USA by illegal immigrants.

2. Major population centers in which city councils, mayors and
legislators make their living by creating then doling out favors
to the impoverished. On the dime of people that work and are
foolish enough to not move the h-ll out of those areas/states.
72 posted on 03/02/2007 6:53:52 PM PST by VOA
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To: appeal2

Reminds me of a UN "study" which found that the U.S. is one of the worst countries in the world for children. Total, absolute, BS.


73 posted on 03/02/2007 6:55:39 PM PST by pleikumud
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To: MovementConservative

I remember living in severe poverty when I was 18, having just moved out of my parents' house. My annual income was about 0.
Now I am doing great, and all it took was a full time job for the last 25 years. It was like magic!
If only all these poor Americans could only duplicate my incredible rise out of poverty...


74 posted on 03/02/2007 7:48:35 PM PST by abovethefray
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To: Old Professer; leda

Where the warm cuddles are
The light travels slower
As it shifts down to yellow

the roaring fire and embers glow,
the yellow burns to a golden red.
comfort of being home, together.

Dog on a rooftop
Snake in the glass
Wanting Relief
Rat in a cage

this is sounding more like a zoo,
than home. oh yeah, we live at the zoo.

kids in the choir
statuary hall
doors begin to open

the quiet girl on the stairs
watches the menagerie
passing by like a parade

dark brown eyes
a soul glowing through
it was always you, babe


75 posted on 03/02/2007 8:06:28 PM PST by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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To: leda

76 posted on 03/02/2007 8:10:07 PM PST by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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To: patton

;)


77 posted on 03/02/2007 8:14:32 PM PST by leda (The quiet girl on the stairs.)
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To: patton

Actually, the technically correct term is "Rammed Earth." They had homemade slip-forms into which the dirt was poured and rammed. The form was continually moved along the wall. Still, they looked like mud huts to me.

The rich peasants had tiled roofs. Tiles were all homemade in a local "factory" which was a couple of guys hand-forming tiles on the mud bank and fired in a crude kiln.

The local sawmill was a saw pit with two guys, one top and one bottom, running a buck saw up and down.

It was like going back 2,000 or 3,000 years.


78 posted on 03/02/2007 8:57:14 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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