Forum Post: 21.8% of American children live in poverty while the top 400 double their wealth.
Posted 10 years ago on Sept. 22, 2013, 10:22 a.m. EST by factsrfun
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While one out five American children live in poverty, the families of the wealthy have doubled their trust funds in 10 years, yet Republicans want to shift public policy more in favor of the wealthy every chance they get. Then there are people on the site that say it is somehow wrong to want to stop that. Who is trying to fool who here?
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Another question to ask is, "Now who on this forum" believes the Democrats were not complicit in our demise?
~Odin~
ahh Odin we can always count you to do what you can to help the GOP...
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There was a moment in the fall of 2011 when I thought that the people would join together and shout "The Rich are too Damn Rich!" but war distracted us like a shinny ball.
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I think Orwell wrote about it, there may have been others before him.
The number of children in poverty is much greater. The stats on poverty for children are not collected by parents income, but rather by program enrollment. Use the number of people living in poverty and the percentage of persons with children (averages) then do your math.
The 21.8% number comes from page 15 of the report, I believe it is a good number, as horrible as it is.
Hello facts, Economics has been Weaponized.
Or otherwise poisoned.
Hunger Games, it is coming.
Wouldn't surprise me one least little bit - survivor being the prelude to a less pg show.
Money is power, no one should have too much power or the democracy becomes monarchy, those who wish to bring back the King claim that freedom of money is freedom, that you earn your freedom when you earn your money as if the entire country was indentured servants. They would destroy the concept that each person has a right to have a say no matter their bank account. They see the opinions of the people as trinkets to be bought with their clever ads. Public policy simply an extension of their overall investment strategy. The time for politeness has past, no Republican can hold public office, no person that votes for a Republican can be called friend.