POVERTY SOARS: Number of Poor Americans Swells to 15.1 Percent

[Moonglow]

Fucking bank ATM's and airport kiosks.

Seriously, this is how Obama and the Dems want it, the more broken people there are, the better the Dem chances.

considering the recession started during the Bush admin I blame Bush also.

 

[sparky]

[The Great Society eliminated desperate, third world poverty conditions in America. What's Trickle Down done for us lately?

 

[Rozman]

Thank you, Obama administration.

How exactly is this ‘Obama’s fault.’

The increase in poverty is clearly the consequence of the December 2007 recession, which occurred before Obama was president. You may blame whomever you want: Bush, Clinton – FDR, for that matter, all better candidates for blame than Obama.

And to expect Obama to clean up this mess in just over two and a half years is equally idiotic.

Rather than trying to affix blame, why not put that effort toward finding solutions.

Are we still doing this?....I saw fat head Ed Schultz from MSNBC do a story on this last night.If Bush was President that would have been the focus of the story.Obama is President and not one word.Who was Fat head blaming...You guessed it,the republicans.

Do these jackoffs realize they hold the WH and the Senate,and until recently held the house.Are Democrats involved in any aspect of government.?

 

[Douger]

Gee. I never woulda guessed.

 

[Ravi]

In case you missed it, this is the result of decades of hurt aimed at the poor and the middle class to benefit the rich.

So while the poorest Americans actually make less than they did in 1978, and the middle class has seen its income stagnate, the richest Americans have done far better. And the data in the Census report actually obscures the extent to which the wealthy have gained while everyone else has been stuck in neutral, because it doesn't break out the richest one percent, whose incomes have really soared.

Unsurprisingly, the Census Bureau's Gini Index of Income Inequality shows a steady increase in income inequality over the past four decades:

Surprise! Census Data Contains Good News... For The Rich | Political Correction

 

[Suzanimal]

Ron Paul 2012! He's the only candidate who wants to effect real change and actually understands the economy.
The rest are just George W Obama's
They want to STEAL your money to fund illegal wars and nation building, pad the pockets of the big banks, corporations, and special interest groups that really run this country.

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent they conquered.”
― Thomas Jefferson

 

[Ravi]

Ron Paul 2012! He's the only candidate who wants to effect real change and actually understands the economy.
The rest are just George W Obama's
They want to STEAL your money to fund illegal wars and nation building, pad the pockets of the big banks, corporations, and special interest groups that really run this country.

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent they conquered.”
― Thomas Jefferson

How totally awesome! We have our first Ron Paul spambot.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

In case you missed it, this is the result of decades of hurt aimed at the poor and the middle class to benefit the rich.

So while the poorest Americans actually make less than they did in 1978, and the middle class has seen its income stagnate, the richest Americans have done far better. And the data in the Census report actually obscures the extent to which the wealthy have gained while everyone else has been stuck in neutral, because it doesn't break out the richest one percent, whose incomes have really soared.

Unsurprisingly, the Census Bureau's Gini Index of Income Inequality shows a steady increase in income inequality over the past four decades:

Surprise! Census Data Contains Good News... For The Rich | Political Correction

Isn't it wonderful to find ways to spin the news?

In case you missed it, the poverty rate have been increasing the last 3 years, and has reached a level not seen since Clinton was president. Yet, somehow, this is Bush's fault.

 

[Ravi]

In case you missed it, this is the result of decades of hurt aimed at the poor and the middle class to benefit the rich.

So while the poorest Americans actually make less than they did in 1978, and the middle class has seen its income stagnate, the richest Americans have done far better. And the data in the Census report actually obscures the extent to which the wealthy have gained while everyone else has been stuck in neutral, because it doesn't break out the richest one percent, whose incomes have really soared.

Unsurprisingly, the Census Bureau's Gini Index of Income Inequality shows a steady increase in income inequality over the past four decades:

Surprise! Census Data Contains Good News... For The Rich | Political Correction

Isn't it wonderful to find ways to spin the news?

In case you missed it, the poverty rate have been increasing the last 3 years, and has reached a level not seen since Clinton was president. Yet, somehow, this is Bush's fault.

I've no idea why you brought Bush up, I certainly didn't.

Protect Bush at all costs, that's your motto.

 

[Trajan]

hey ya'll aint no ones po' when we gotz Obama as Pres...........we are rich in da otter stuff, feel goodz, shiny stuff, lookin up to hims, we got him der and he gotz our bacz.....rite?

 

[freedombecki]

lol!

 

[FireFly]

Now that the wealth has been successfully redistributed, when is the change gonna come?

We were first told of the Grand Bargain back in the 1980s. It was called, variously, Supply Side Economics or Voodoo Economics or Trickle Down economics.

The idea went something like this: if the rich get more money through tax breaks, they will inevitably spend that money to create jobs.

Well, the 400 richest families in America now control as much wealth as the bottom 50% of tax payers COMBINED. The top 5% of the wealthiest individuals control more capital than the bottom 85% of wage earners.

Now that what the Right fears most about Obama (wealth redistribution) has happened, I, and many, many other Americans sit waiting for the trickle down to begin! What's going on here, Conservatives? Did your theory become a turd in the punch bowl yet again?

Poverty Pimp Obama has cut taxes more than Bush ever did.

 

[rdean]

Democrats call this a tragedy. Republicans call it a "dream fulfilled".

 

[rdean]

Now that the wealth has been successfully redistributed, when is the change gonna come?

We were first told of the Grand Bargain back in the 1980s. It was called, variously, Supply Side Economics or Voodoo Economics or Trickle Down economics.

The idea went something like this: if the rich get more money through tax breaks, they will inevitably spend that money to create jobs.

Well, the 400 richest families in America now control as much wealth as the bottom 50% of tax payers COMBINED. The top 5% of the wealthiest individuals control more capital than the bottom 85% of wage earners.

Now that what the Right fears most about Obama (wealth redistribution) has happened, I, and many, many other Americans sit waiting for the trickle down to begin! What's going on here, Conservatives? Did your theory become a turd in the punch bowl yet again?

Poverty Pimp Obama has cut taxes more than Bush ever did.

And he was forced into it. He couldn't let millions of Americans suffer because Republicans, the party of Gawd", could.

Unemployment benefits: not until Bush tax cuts pass, Senate GOP says - CSMonitor.com

We know from the last Republican debate, the right has no problem with Americans either suffering or dying.

 

[KissMy]

Now that the wealth has been successfully redistributed, when is the change gonna come?

We were first told of the Grand Bargain back in the 1980s. It was called, variously, Supply Side Economics or Voodoo Economics or Trickle Down economics.

The idea went something like this: if the rich get more money through tax breaks, they will inevitably spend that money to create jobs.

Well, the 400 richest families in America now control as much wealth as the bottom 50% of tax payers COMBINED. The top 5% of the wealthiest individuals control more capital than the bottom 85% of wage earners.

Now that what the Right fears most about Obama (wealth redistribution) has happened, I, and many, many other Americans sit waiting for the trickle down to begin! What's going on here, Conservatives? Did your theory become a turd in the punch bowl yet again?

Poverty Pimp Obama has cut taxes more than Bush ever did.

And he was forced into it. He couldn't let millions of Americans suffer because Republicans, the party of Gawd", could.

Unemployment benefits: not until Bush tax cuts pass, Senate GOP says - CSMonitor.com

We know from the last Republican debate, the right has no problem with Americans either suffering or dying.

Bullshit!!! - Obama planned on cutting taxes even before he became president.

Obama may delay tax-cut rollback for wealthy

President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying a campaign promise - to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans - as part of his economic recovery strategy, two aides said... His aides' comments suggest Obama may be wary of imposing any additional tax burden at a time of deep crisis, despite the outlook for record budget deficits and mounting national debt.

 

[FireFly]

Poverty Pimp Obama has cut taxes more than Bush ever did.

And he was forced into it. He couldn't let millions of Americans suffer because Republicans, the party of Gawd", could.

Unemployment benefits: not until Bush tax cuts pass, Senate GOP says - CSMonitor.com

We know from the last Republican debate, the right has no problem with Americans either suffering or dying.

Bullshit!!! - Obama planned on cutting taxes even before he became president.

Obama may delay tax-cut rollback for wealthy

President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying a campaign promise - to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans - as part of his economic recovery strategy, two aides said... His aides' comments suggest Obama may be wary of imposing any additional tax burden at a time of deep crisis, despite the outlook for record budget deficits and mounting national debt.

rdean wishes he had a clue

 

[boedicca]

Obama sure loves The Poor...he's made so many of them.