[Diana in Wisconsin]

Edwards? Get a real job.

[clee1]

Who is John Edwards? :^=)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Good Evening, Wisconsin Conservative Politics Ping List Members. :)

[Cinnamon]

isn't he the dude from the Breck Girl commercials?

[American Quilter]

The country is hungry for a big issue - a cause, a calling - it can get involved in, Edwards told about 500 people

There already is one, you idiot--it's called the War on Terror.

[txroadkill]

Edwards told about 500 people Wednesday afternoon at the Wisconsin Union Theater.

What's really sad is those people were actually there to see "Chicken Little".

[steel_resolve]

Why not donate some of the money you spend on hair care products you broke d#ck candy ass loser? Could probably cut poverty in half...

[American Quilter]

• Raise the federal minimum wage to at least $7.50.

Which will result in job elimination. That'll help poor people a lot.

• Provide work bonds to help poor families save money so they don't need to rely on predatory lenders.

Yes, drive the banks out of business! That'll help everyone!.

• Offer housing vouchers that provide mobility.

Do you plan to force us to pay their moving expenses, too?

• Improve educational opportunities.

In other words, force us to pay their tuition, right? Yes, that's fair, and they'll really value what they get for free!

[Buffettfan]

John Edwards can start by putting his money where his mouth is. He can donate half of everything he owns to somebody else and prove it.

[John O]

Many of them are single mothers who are working two or three jobs for minimum wage. They are working 15 to 16 hours a day, six or seven days a week, trying to survive and give their kids a better life, he said.

Rule number one to avoid poverty: Don't get knocked up while single. • Raise the federal minimum wage to at least $7.50.

This will have one of two results. 1) Jobs will be eliminated. There are some functions that just aren't worth $7.50. 2) The rising tide will leave the minimum wage earner exactly where they are now because the cost of everyting will increase to offset the new wage.

• Provide work bonds to help poor families save money so they don't need to rely on predatory lenders. Why would they need to borrow money anyway? If you don't have the cashj don't buy the %150 dollar sneakers. Du'h

• Offer housing vouchers that provide mobility.

Mobile homes for everyone!

• Improve educational opportunities.

This one really torques me. The poor have exactly the same educational opportunities as everyone else. They just don't take advantage of them. (Succeeding is too 'white' for many)

I went to college with a guy who was raised in watts. Family was dirt poor. But his mom made him and his brother study and go to college. Anyone can suceed here.

[MadIvan]

Poverty is the great moral issue facing America today, former U.S. senator and 2004 vice presidential candidate John Edwards told a crowd of UW-Madison, WI students.

Speaking as someone who has seen what life is like for the average person in Russia and Kenya - he hasn't a clue what real poverty is.

Regards, Ivan

[Beth528]