American children in poverty on the rise »
Posted By ameliog 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Family
A growing number of American children are living in poverty and with unemployed parents, and are facing the threat of hunger, according to a new federal report released yesterday.
Federal officials said the statistics released this week pre-date the current economic downturn and forecast darker times for the country's 74 million children 17 and under, when data on children's lives during the recession become available.
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antibrainwasher4 months, 2 weeks ago
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goldman sachs record 2 billion profit this quarter. Hundreds more billionaires created in the no regulation casino capatilist market.
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Meanwhile, the red state white trash, children starving, still think baby jesus appointed the moguls that are raping the economy, to be the rich and powerful, they keep voting repug, and keep f....ing themselves.
As long as they have plenty of cousins to hump, a mega church to donate their money, plenty ammo for their 10 guns, and billybob crackerhead drives his racecar in a circle on their tv machines, they'll vote repug.
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JohnGault4 months, 2 weeks ago
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Well, lets see, is this really just the result of the G.O.P?
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Some think not. Some blame Bill Clinton and Robert Rubin.
Blaming a party or and individual on a complex series of events does a huge disservice to the problem. What we should learn from this is our politicians are far from perfect and by politicizing it, gives cover to those politicians and party's.
As to the story, nothing saddens me more than the thought of a child going hungry and the suffering of a parent helpless to prevent it.-
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ameliog4 months, 2 weeks ago
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I worry that charitable donations will also be down because people won't have as much to give. It all feeds on itself. I don't know all the dirty fingers behind our situation but it's a pretty dark time for a growing number of people, even those who never thought they'd be in financial need. Children shouldn't have to worry about the basics.
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