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Originally posted by Jaden
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5829707/
"...The number of people living in poverty rose by 1.3 million to 35.9 million people, or 12.5 percent of the population, up from 12.1 percent in 2002.
The rise was more dramatic for children. There were 12.9 million living in poverty last year, or 17.6 percent of the under-18 population. That was an increase of about 800,000 from 2002, when 16.7 percent of all children were in poverty...."
It's just pathetic and shameful to live in a country where Presidential candidates spend millions of dollars slamming eachothers war records and debating over all the stupid shit they do, when almost 20% of the kids living in this country don't have access to decent housing, healthcare or any of the other basics they need for simple survival.
It's getting harder and harder these days to actually say the words "Proud American"
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how are they living in poverty? working or not, if they have children and make less then $X they get their rent paid, food stamps and money each month from the government. when i was in college working 2 jobs and would go shopping and these people paying with foodstamps were buying steaks and brand named products while i was buying TP and top romin.
edit. they also get FREE HEALTHCARE
this is the reason it takes 4 hours to be seen in emergency rooms and asprin costs $12 at hospitols.