Comments on: Poverty: America's Best Kept Secret

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:51:01 +0000

population in central america…

Nice! You are truly brilliant….

By: timethief

timethief — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:15:21 +0000

@Caf
Up to snuff is a Canadian expression that equates to being under the level of health I’m normally accustomed to functioning at.

As for the economic situation you and I are in agreement. Change is needed and it will take time. The bailout resulted in every man, woman and child in America carrying a burden of $199,000 and America has become the most indebted nation in the world. One wonders where it will end, when it will end and how it will end. Yikes!

By: Caf

Caf — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:34:48 +0000

It’s so frightening to think about how consumer driven Western society is…there are some transnational corporations that are richer than some small nations…money that they skillfully pluck from our pockets. How often do we buy things we don’t need? At the end of the day if we don’t eat it, wear it or shelter in it then we don’t truly need it.

An enlightening post, the greedy are the least inclined toward the change that is needed…I hope the rest of us can push them there.

-Caf :)

p.s. Thanks for stopping by my blog and for the encouragement to keep plodding forward with my tests! I’m not sure what ‘snuff’ is though?

By: timethief

timethief — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:53:27 +0000

@Bird
The consumerism that drives America is hell bent on ignoring the poverty and encouraging everyone with a plastic card to go into debt simply to acquire items that aren’t necessities. The economic bailout just came with a price tag of $199,000. for every man, woman and child in America and IMO the situation with regard to health care is deplorable. Will the Obama administration bring change in these areas? I sure hope so.

By: Bird

Bird — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:27:08 +0000

The NHS may not be perfect but when I think of how vulnerable the sick are in America my hair stands on end. And as to poverty – on this side of the pond as well as yours people like to think that as long as a large portion of the population can afford a new ipod for xmas then everything is fine. They don’t notice the old person, the young single mother, the uneducated who can’t get anything more than a slave wage. Just bring on the shiny geegaws and everyone gets blinded by the sparkle.

By: timethief

timethief — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:57:11 +0000

@Lana
A revolution may be what’s needed to secure a change in direction.