I agree, but do you think Obama
can still be reelected with these
7 facts (and lots of others) out
there and known to the voters?
Or maybe that’s the issue: many
do not KNOW these 7 facts (and the others).
Throughout my life, I have been told and seen stories of poverty.
Yakov Smirnoff had a christmas special back in the 80s. In it, he returned to his boyhood home in Moscow. He told stories of families taking in other families and sharing firewood. Sharing food. It was because the families were so poor that they had NOTHING.
My mother worked at the Jewish Home for the Elderly in Connecticut. This experience enriched my life more than any other. I used to meet with her before or after school - and socialize with the elderly. These people had tattoos on their arms. The stories they told me are etched in my mind forever:
Many young people had no jobs. There was no assistance available for them. They would latch onto employed people and do whatever chores they could do around the house. Laundry, cooking, cleaning. Anything to help. The adults with jobs would go to work to support kids that weren’t theirs. Even adults.
Even those with jobs couldn’t spend any money. They were helping friends and family.
When I see “1 out of 5 people you pass” what I really see is someone who is depending on someone else. Kids moving back in with parents. Couples moving in together. An employed person taking on the heavy weight of suddenly feeding twice, or maybe 4 times the amount of people they should. The “1 in 5” observation doesn’t mean that 20% of the population is hurt. It means that EVERYONE is hurt 20%. I help my friends and family out as much as I can. I am self employed and should be planning vacations with my new wife, or planning a baby room. But I care for my mother (Just about 100%) and I take in friends, relatives, and even help out ex-roommates.
The “1 in 5” thing means WAY more to us than the statement suggests.
Greta had some upcoming college graduates on her show and asked the most pressing issue. All said the economy, but one kid from George Washington University summed it up. No matter what he would vote for Obama, and if the economy got worse he would have no trouble blaming it on the Republican Congress.