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Growing Poverty, Homelessness Like No Tomorrow | Poverty in America


US Politics & Gov't  (tags: poverty, human rights abuses, americans, abuse, healthcare, housing, politics, ethics )

David
- 67 days ago - uspoverty.change.org
We've spent the last few decades shoveling money at the rich like there was no tomorrow. We abandoned the poor... while giving the banks and megacorporations and the rest of the swells at the top of the economic pyramid just about everything they want.
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Gorilly Girl (369)
Saturday October 24, 2009, 5:03 pm
I try to give to the mission houses if I can....

Big Gorilly Hgs
 

Simon Wood (300)
Monday October 26, 2009, 5:25 am
This widespread SYSTEMIC problem is one of the reasons for us end capitalism and replace it with democratic socialism: an increase in participation in democracy (direct democracy, where everyone discusses and votes on policies, instead of merely electing people to rule over us), and an expansion of democracy into the capitalist economic sphere, which is totalitarian. This means sharing out humanity's wealth and power equally! : )
 

Marion Y. (287)
Monday October 26, 2009, 4:58 pm
Capitalism: an experiment that failed badly. Americans like to think we are so progressive. By accepting and buying into this corrupt system, we are merely sheep repeating the mistakes of past failed civilizations that crashed and burned. And while it's easy to be arm chair critics about the system, those who consume irresponsibly, fail to get involved to change the system, waste, pollute, neglect one's health and live an unsustainable lifestyle, therein lies much of the problem. This monster could not have been created without our help.
 

Locan Sleeping-Squirrel (101)
Thursday October 29, 2009, 1:17 am
I'm inclined to agree with Simon, however, we do not have capitalism here in the U.S. We have a bastard hybrid that is in effect capitalism for people and socialism for corporations.
 
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