Forum Post: Egypt vs. the United States
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 6, 2011, 7:47 a.m. EST by thomasmiller
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There was an obvious goal to the Egyptian protests and the people there were obviously oppressed...oppressed for over 30 years. The Egyptian people were and still living in squaller and obvious poverty. The United States, on the other hand, is a totally different animal. Do I need to list how its different? The differences are obvious.
No one in the United States lives in absolute poverty like they do in the third world with a few exceptions. Most people I know live decently, hold down a job and seem to live fairly well...or well enough.
I do not get this comparison to Egypt. Obviously they are two different things...
USA is certainly not Egypt ... but pain is pain.
About 20.5 million Americans, or 6.7 percent of the U.S. population, make up the poorest poor, defined as those at 50 per cent or less of the official poverty level.
Those living in deep poverty represent nearly half of the 46.2 million people scraping by below the poverty line. In 2010, the poorest poor meant an income of $5,570 or less for an individual and $11,157 for a family of four.
That 6.7 percent share is the highest in the 35 years that the Census Bureau has maintained such records, surpassing previous highs in 2009 and 1993 of just over 6 percent.
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/extreme-poverty-now-record-levels
The Egyptian government was funded by the US, so maybe it's like a franchise deal, like subway?
My opinion is the US government should not be giving money to other governments. I dont know the specifics of the money going towards Egypt, but I don't like it...Im not for it.
Especially when our own citizens can't get work or access to health care because we spend all of chinas money playing world police
$30 billion to the old regime. I completely agree with you. The USA should not fund other governments, like Egypt, and it should not dispose other governments like Libya.
There are bits and pieces that we can find "common ground" on. However, if there is one thing I can't agree on is that the "government wheel" needs to be re-invented. I believe the current system works. Of course, its not going to work all the time...its not going to work how we want it to work all the time...there will be good times and bad times... We dont need to change it, we dont need to get rid of it, we just need to work with what we have instead of dreaming up this Utopia-like reality which will never be.
Government is like any other tool or product, it has a specific purpose which it is ideal for, when it is used out of place, that's when trouble starts. I'm all for government, but a few things have me bothered:
3 simple little things and the world would be a fairer happier place.