22% of US kids living in poverty. Yet we are told this is not a depression.

[Stinky The Clown]

46.2 million people live in poverty. That's more than the purported number of unemployed.

22% of kids - nearly one in every four of them you might see every day - live in poverty.

I'm sorry. This is no cyclical recession. The economic system is imploding and no one is doing ONE FUCKING THING about it. A little political dithering at the edges to save some elected people's asses, but no serious, big, go for broke programs.

One in every four kids.

Incredible.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/09/record-462-million-americans-in-poverty-census-bureau-says.html



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The citrus mambo is the wankie wanker. Ledo's was the giveaway.

[ixion]

1. "This is no cyclical recession."

Spot on, that.

[area51]

2. It's a Depression, all right,

with 30.5% unemployment, which is a higher figure than the 1930s.

[DJ13]

3. But

The people who tell us its not a depression arent living in poverty.

[chill_wind]

10. You can say that again. The Hill's Top Ten wealthiest legislators,

each worth anywhere from $44.4 million to $287 million sure aren't.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x626149

Yes, that's $287 million.

[gateley]

4. This is not America, I'll say that. nt

[Fumesucker]

5. They should have picked better parents..

What kind of loser picks poor people for their parents?

Perhaps they'll learn to make better choices while they are enjoying their dinner of poverty juice and bootstrap gumbo.

[southmost]

6. but, but, but they have a TV, fridge, and microwave

and stuff.....

sarcasm

[Yavin4]

14. I Saw One of Those Poor Kids Buying Steaks and Riding A Cadillac Tricycle

:sarcasm:

[RKP5637]

7. It's all smoke and mirrors mixed with propaganda, and slid under the

rug as best it can be. And what really sickens me is the diminution of the situation by calling it Recession, or maybe we might have a 2nd Recession. Hell, many in this country have been in a Depression since day one. What's the new guideline for a Depression. 50% unemployment, 50% in poverty, 80% on food stamps. It's all just one perpetual WTF to me.

[Hydra]

11. Even if it reaches the numbers you have

They'll wallpaper over it and say that people need to "retrain"

IMO, boiled frogs. When enough people realize how bad it really is, it'll be too late.

"First they came for the Communists..."

[geckosfeet]

8. It's the good old days. Like the 20's and 30's.

[hunter]

9. Those kids should work harder. Then they wouldn't be poor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour

[LooseWilly]

12. If they'd pursued their education in the womb, like responsible fetuses, then they'd be ok...

[dynasaw]

13. Hunger Among Children in U.S.

" In 2008, nearly 17 million children, or 22.5 percent, lived in households in which food at times was scarce -- 4 million children more than the year before. And the number of youngsters who sometimes were outright hungry rose from nearly 700,000 to almost 1.1 million."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/16/AR2009111601598.html

The answer from the right as with people without health insurance will be one presumes "Let them die."

Whatever happened to the Republican mantra about a gentler and kinder nation?

[Mimosa]

15. K&R

Stinky, thanks for telling the truth, as you always have.

In a way I understand why the politicians are running from the "D" word. However I think I heard somebody on TV, maybe a clip from Limbaugh, call this the "Obama depression".

[m1049]

16. child poverty

Right -- and how many news stories will we hear about this (beyond today)? How many political TV ads will mention this? How many questions about child poverty will be asked during the presidential debates?

But of course those 3-year-olds should just be rugged individualists and pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

[lib2DaBone]

17. Republicans do not care about hungry children....

.. they are "Collateral" damage.

It's the PARTY.. UBER ALLES.....

[madinmaryland]

18. We've had 30 years of fucking tax cuts and they have been an abject failure. Though during

those 30 years there was a seven year period when we raised taxes, and we had record job growth, balanced budgets, and reduced the deficit.

What the fuck is wrong with this country. The "I got mine, fuck everyone else" crowd is in control of the country.

:mad:

[autorank]

19. k*r 22 million plus unemployed = depression

Here's how you get to 23% unemployment, from Shadow Government Statistics

"The seasonally-adjusted SGS Alternate Unemployment Rate reflects current unemployment reporting methodology adjusted for SGS-estimated long-term discouraged workers, who were defined out of official existence in 1994. That estimate is added to the BLS estimate of U-6 unemployment, which includes short-term discouraged workers.

"The U-3 unemployment rate is the monthly headline number. The U-6 unemployment rate is the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) broadest unemployment measure, including short-term discouraged and other marginally-attached workers as well as those forced to work part-time because they cannot find full-time employment."

Great post buddy!

[Motown_Johnny]

20. Words have definitions. The word "depression" has a definition

and the economic status that we now have in this country does not meet that definition.

It is not a depression.



It is the unequal distribution of wealth that is the problem and trying to blame the 22 million kids living in poverty on something other than what is actually causing it just makes things worse.


Tax the freaking rich! Increase investment in the citizenry of this once great nation (and give us some fair trade policies) and help people out of poverty.


Don't just blame it on an economic downturn. That isn't helping.