[samtheman]

This is a lot more consistent than it sounds.

This is what rich leftists always want.

Tax the middle class into poverty, spend the proceeds on stupid programs to “help” the poor, but which do nothing.

And then your own wealth is now effectively tripled or quadrupled in relationship to the impoverished society that you now rule over.

It’s the obvious next step for an ambulance-chaser-turned-mega-rich dude to take.

[nativist]

It’s an effort to show the rest of the country how 37 million Americans live their lives in poverty every single day,” an Edwards aide said. “It’s not only their workplaces -- it’s their homes and the places they get health care.”

To be honest thats not too bad. 12% of the U.S. population lives in or around what we consider poverty. Not Sudan poverty or even Mexican poverty but American style poverty. In a nation this big you will always have some poor. These numbers mean 88% of Americans or roughly 263 million are either rich or middle class.