[Danae]

"How about the US deal with poverty right here at home before worrying about poverty elsewhere?"

Because they have to KEEP the poor, poor and dependent so that they maintain their powerbase. Once the poor aren't poor they become conservatives, if only because having 30% of what they EARN taken from them pisses em off.

[Gabz]

Once the poor aren't poor they become conservatives, if only because having 30% of what they EARN taken from them pisses em off.

No doubt about that, but now that I AM poor, it pisses me off even more than when I wasn't.