JimH wrote:
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JimH wrote:
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Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 30, 8:47 am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 30, 6:42?am, "JimH" wrote:
Gee, I wonder why ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and CNBC are trying their
hardest to
make sure we dump into a recession. ?
Bad news outsells good news.
Some might think, "They're trying to throw the election to the D's!"
I disagree. They just want to create enough uncertainty in the market
that more folks will tune in every day to "see how bad things are
getting", thereby increasing ratings and creating some justification
for raising ad rates.
Also, the companies that survive economic downturn often do so by
*increasing* their advertising, particularly for consumer goods.
You can't be serious. Either that, or you are totally disconnected
from
the harsh reality facing many millions of your fellow citizens who are
jobless, homeless, losing their homes, health-insurance-less, and
without much hope for the future.

How are social services doing in Seattle these days? Still pretty
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About 1-2% of the homes in the US are in, or at risk of, foreclosure.
Yet it's headline news in every paper and the subject of "specials" on
radio and TV. In some of the worst hit communities, the number is as
high as 5%, meaning that 950 out of every 1000 households in those
worst hit communities have no reason to fear losing their home to the
bank or mortgage company.

The health insurance issue has nothing to do with economic cycling.
We have had a broken health services delivery model in the country for
at least 30 years. We have had booms and busts along the way, despite
the fact that our health insurance system is designed first to make
corporations wealthy, and only then to see about making people well.

There are somewhere between 30 and 40 million Americans living in
poverty.

Sleep tight.

What is your definition of poverty because my daughter may meet that
threshold yet she is doing fine.

How many times do you see folks paying for food with food stamps while
they wear all sorts of expensive bling and are talking on their cell
phone.

I am not saying that there are not needy people........I am saying some
folks take advantage of the system.

Check that. The poverty level is $10k/year and under. My daughter makes
far more than that working part time as a server at a sports bar while
applying for and interviewing for a position matching her college degree.

All folks have to do is get off their fat asses and work.........maybe
even 2 jobs if that is what it takes to get out of poverty.

Often times THEY made the decision to drop out of HS and not get an
education. They alone are responsible for their predicament and can get
out of it if they truly wanted to. Living off our taxes is far easier
though.




Yes, as you say, there are some who "game" the system. But there are
tens of millions of poor folks who do not.
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Tens of millions? Doubtful. And what stops most of them from working one
or two jobs to get out of poverty?





A lot of them do work one or two jobs, but they're still impoverished.

--
George W. Bush - Worst President Ever, to the very last minute of the
very last day of his term.