"less poverty in today's Republican America..."

[carrowsboy]

http://www.lucianne.com/threads22.asp?artnum=193617

Ldotter claims:

Reply 5 - Posted by: amereagle, 1/16/2005 10:24:19 PM

There is less poverty in today's Republican America than there has ever been in any human society ever, by far. Many many black people are voting Republican now because they see the truth of this. In fact, "poverty" in today's Republican America would have passed for Upper Middle Class in most of the history of human society.

The war in Iraq was and is absolutely the right thing to do, for Freedom, for America and for the Iraqis. It is THE essential part of the War Against Islamic Terror and Barbarity. Either it works and drags Islam into the 21st Century, of vast portions of the Arab/Muslim world are destined to get nuked.

[punpirate]

1. The wit and wisdom of...

... the fascist class is still popular, I see....

Poverty is poverty, regardless of eon, and the indicators for this one are that it's going up under the Mad King.

[BlueEyedSon]

2. CNN: Census Bureau says 1.3 million more slipped into poverty last year

Poverty spreads

Census Bureau says 1.3 million more slipped into poverty last year; health care coverage also drops.

August 26, 2004: 1:54 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (CNN) - The number of Americans living in poverty jumped to 35.9 million last year, up by 1.3 million, while the number of those without health care insurance rose to 45 million from 43.6 million in 2002, the U.S. government said in a report Thursday.

The percentage of the U.S. population living in poverty rose to 12.5 percent from 12.1 percent -- as the poverty rate among children jumped to its highest level in 10 years, the Census Bureau said in an annual report. The rate for adults 18-to-64 and 65-and-older remained steady.

The bureau also said the share of aggregate income for the lowest 20 percent of Americans fell to 3.4 percent from 3.5 percent.

More: http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/26/news/economy/poverty_survey/?cnn=yes

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. carrowsboy, I believe that you are the only person who reads.....

lucianne.com. I know VERY few people who have even heard of Ms. Eva Braun Goldberg.

:silly:

[stevedeshazer]

4. Make that two.

Like a train wreck, you know.

Some of the L-dotters make Free Republic look moderate!

[MichiganVote]

5. Just another Repub bigot. Why read the hate.

Freedom, America and oh by the way, the Iraqi's. Pretty transparent.

[Robbien]

6. Social Security is a crisis. Less poor people. Everyone in Iraq is happy.

Right wingers keep making insane statements without any basis in fact. With the right wing noise machine of Faux and hate radio, they get people to believe them especially since the so called liberal media plays along.

[EVDebs]

7. We can't even compete with Cuba when it comes to baby's healthcare

see Nick Kristof's latest column.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/opinion/12kris.html

These neocons and their spin need doctors !

[Gay Ranger]

8. I see little that I would call poverty...

in the US compared to what I saw in Somalia and in refugee camps on the Turkish border after Desert Storm. THAT is poor. Just some perspective.

[retread]

12. Give shitbird time. He's only had 4 years. n/t

[Robbien]

13. When you had food last year but go to bed hungry this year

perspective does not help put food on the table or pay bills.

[Gay Ranger]

15. When you drive past dead bodies...

everyday like driving past dead deer in Texas, or tossing a sleeve of crackers into a crowd can cause a riot, then it is as bad as I have ever seen it.

I am not denying that there are poor people here, all I am saying is I have seen much worse.

[Robbien]

18. Is that how bad the US poor should get before we attempt to stop the tide?

More people this year are living on the streets or eating one meal a day in poorly lit and unheated housing. Should we just say "oh heck, the poor aren't as poor as some so lets ignore the situation until it deteriorates into Somalia or Calcutta".

By the way, have you ever worked a soup kitchen? The scene you describe about crackers in a crowd is not too dissimular.

[Gay Ranger]

20. I never said there was not a problem...

I just said that I have seen much worse. Heaven forbid that it should ever get that bad here.

[gumby]

9. Robert Rector in, diarrhea out.

The propaganda from the Heritage Foundation (et al) has been wildly successful.

One prominent feature of wiley wingnuts is they always seem to suck up, digest and then vomit dominionist propaganda.

[pa28]

10. I'm not surprised they would say this.

That's what Republicans do. They twist or even fabricate the facts to fit their agenda.

The facts I've seen point to a shrinking middle class (over 3% income decline since 2000)replaced with a much larger underclass.

Here are some real results of Republican class warfare.

http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_econindicators_income20040826

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. These people are blind or nuts

------------------------------------------------------
Join the new Boston Tea Party!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/index.htm#shopping

[ibegurpard]

11. idiot

eom

[area51]

14. "There is less poverty in today's Republican America"

Absolute BS from a bunch of psycho lying nazis. There's much more poverty anytime a member of the nazi party gets in the White House, because they always crash the economy.

[lawladyprof]

16. "in today's Republican America" now why does that turn of phrase

Seem a little disquieting. Hum, could it be that it resembles
"in feudal Europe" or "in Tudor England" or "in N _ _ _ Germany"? System or, in this case, political party BEFORE country.

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. Where do these idiots get their information?

Shouldn't someone be fired for posting this false data?