Poverty an invisible issue in GOP race

[OhioChick]

10:06 PM EST, Wed September 21, 2011

(CNN) -- When the U.S. Census Bureau reported last week that a record number of people were living in poverty, Republicans were quick to attach the figures to President Barack Obama, desperately trying to lay them at his feet.

But anyone with common sense knows that someone doesn't just fall into poverty overnight. The deplorable economic conditions that led to today's poverty numbers began in 2007. Republicans often ignore such facts.

Yet when you start digging deeper into the Census Bureau report, what stands out is that of the 10 poorest states in the country, most are the reddest in the nation -- solidly GOP states.

The most impoverished state is Mississippi, and it's followed by Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Louisiana, Montana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama and North Carolina.

More: http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/21/opinion/martin-gop-poverty/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

[cutlassmama]

1. K&R

[OHdem10]

2. When GWB and the Republicans governed,, Poverty was not

a priority.

The GOP does not see Poverty as one of their issues.
Poor people are not their constituents.

[999998th word]

3. As far as they're concerned we are invisible-

unless we have a flatscreen TV, AC or microwave.

They just want us gone. Permanently.:hi:

One of the reasons I want to live a long life-just to piss republicans off.

[WranglerRog]

4. I suspect if you delve into the numbers

Montana is there because of the large Native American population. Still the poorest of the poor in their own land.

Otherwise it's the continuing "southernization" of a once prosperous country.

[raccoon]

5. I believe every one of those states is a "right to work for less" state.

Doesn't surprise me.