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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 01:48 PM Original message |
Growing number of Iowans work hard and stay poor |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you! I'm from Black Hawk County (Waterloo, IA) and I know |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. At least they still have one fine reporter- the whole piece is so good |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. I recommended it. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. And Iowa's so-called leaders sit and wonder |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Listen, it's much, much worse here in East Tennessee. At least |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Oh I agree with you. |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. And continue voting for Republicans............... |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yup |
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okoboji (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. yep |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
34. But what we have in Iowa - unlike many other states |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. These people don't qualify for assistance |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I know they don't fit in the federal guidlines, which need to be revised. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think this describes the entire country |
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Ms_Mary (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I agree. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. as Bush said about the woman who worked at 3 jobs to keep afloat |
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wildmanj (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. working poor |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. When is the rank and file of Americans going to wake up and |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. it's looking like never |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. As long as |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. your post is "priceless" |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Thank ya, |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. As long as we keep gays from getting married. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well, they must be slackers then! At least that's what most of their |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Apparently this reporter has not heard the Republican talking point: |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Dang right |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is getting close to Dickens times and its closer & closer |
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IowaGuy (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. Hey we must be doin' all right, though...we just voted to spend |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Well you just got that fancy new mall, you needed some accessories! |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Teaching Economics as if People Mattered." What a shock it is |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Do they Vote? ...and for who? |
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oxbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. about time someone wrote about this |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The Repukes |
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oxbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 07:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Its so hard to fathom |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 07:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. But would The Journalists Bosses Allow |
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Wright Patman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. Take the Red State Road Trip |
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Featheriver (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. Iowa Red or Blue State |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Bush this time - Gore in 2000 by a couple thousand votes |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. The eastern part of the state -- where this article orginated -- went blue |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
33. Woo Hoo! They're getting a Wal-Mart! |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. They already have a Wal-Mart, they're deciding on whether or not |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
40. And I am here to change all this. |
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leQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. same here, Cerro Gordo was blue last election, so |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
43. Just want to tak on "The Working Poor Part II: Getting By, Getting Lost " |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Kudos to the Courier and reporters Palevsky and Morris |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
45. $19,350/yr for a family of 4 is more than the poverty guidelines? |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
46. Oh yeah, and by the way, this is happening everywhere in the country. n/t |
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