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35.9 million people in Poverty in the USA

category international | anti-capitalism | news report author Friday August 27, 2004 14:49author by uncle sam Report this post to the editors

front page of newspapers

perhaps capitalism and the free market isnt the best solution for humanity!

In figures published today in most newspapers the news is that there are now 35.9 million people in the USA living below the poverty line.

A few weeks ago it was announced in Ireland that 700,000 people live below the poverty line.

Now Im not sure who draws these lines and where and how they are drawn but it does make you wonder about all these people proclaiming how free and civilised we are and how wonderful capitalism is and how the free market is the best system.

Capitalism and the free market(with its subsidies and special laws for industries that lobby hard) does seem to be a great way of making rich people richer, making the middle class work harder and longer because everything is so expensive, and screwing the lower classes who seem to pay most tax while the big companies get tax breaks and corporate criminals get away with massive scams, enron etc


Land of the brave and home of the free, falling.....

You sure do need to be brave to live in the usa these days, there is no safety net.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Thats about One in Six, 14%.     caveat empor    Fri Aug 27, 2004 17:33 
   Reuters story says 12.5% in USA     R. Isible    Fri Aug 27, 2004 20:05 
   interesting comparison 1934 / 2004 for "the American Poor".     iosaf    Fri Aug 27, 2004 20:33 
   Poverty?     Graal    Sat Aug 28, 2004 03:44 
   Brigade     Angry    Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:50 
   Just to correct the maths     j26    Sat Aug 28, 2004 14:04 
   Poverty line in America     Akrasia    Sat Aug 28, 2004 18:42 
   "helping you make informed decisions"     iosaf    Sat Aug 28, 2004 20:20 
   Students and poverty     ben    Sun Aug 29, 2004 01:44 
 10   us poverty     K    Mon Aug 30, 2004 08:22 
 11   entitlement     Jim    Tue Sep 14, 2004 17:45 
 12   The Poverty of Economics     Tom    Tue Sep 14, 2004 22:25 
 13   God be with the simple minded.     Kees161    Tue Oct 12, 2004 03:44 
 14   When you're done...     toneore    Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:46 
 15   So What?     Leon    Tue Oct 12, 2004 13:19 
 16   Check the thread index Leon     Joe    Tue Oct 12, 2004 13:37 


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