Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Decline into Poverty
The statistics on poverty came out recently. Americans living in poverty have increased to a new high. At the same time as more people slip into poverty we have selfish rich people whining about the taxes they’ll have to pay if the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire. Boohoo! We are in the 21st Century. Poverty should have decreased not increased. It’s a damn dirty shame that this is happening in one of the richest countries of the world.
What has caused this? Yes, the recession is partially to blame. The main blame lies with us letting the corporations and wealthy under the name of conservatism take hold of our nation. Since the Reagan era, taxes for the rich and corporations have been mostly eliminated. Now there’s a move in the name of being fiscally conservative to eliminate other programs and regulations.
The rich would like to see the destruction of the government programs of social security, Medicare, Medicaid and welfare. They say these programs are entitlements and too costly. If these programs end, more people will end up living in poverty. The elderly and other people too sick to afford to pay for healthcare or insurance will die. Guess the only people “ENTITLED” to live full rich lives are those with money.
Corporations want to see the end of regulations and labor laws. They don’t care if people die from poisoned food, water or air. If the environment is destroyed, they don’t care as long as they profit from it. As to labor laws, the corporations would like them gone. Since the Reagan era, companies have gotten away from providing benefits like pensions, healthcare insurance and other benefits. They would like to eliminate union, minimum wage along with other labor laws that protect workers from exploitation. Basically they want to turn American workers into legalized slaves.
We the people of the United States need to take a stand with our voices and our votes. We need to win the war on poverty. We want good paying jobs with benefits. We need the rich and corporations to pay their fair share in taxes. If not, poverty will grow. We’ll be legalized work slaves just surviving. Our country will lose it’s prominence and go down the tubes. We don’t want to be a third world America.
What has caused this? Yes, the recession is partially to blame. The main blame lies with us letting the corporations and wealthy under the name of conservatism take hold of our nation. Since the Reagan era, taxes for the rich and corporations have been mostly eliminated. Now there’s a move in the name of being fiscally conservative to eliminate other programs and regulations.
The rich would like to see the destruction of the government programs of social security, Medicare, Medicaid and welfare. They say these programs are entitlements and too costly. If these programs end, more people will end up living in poverty. The elderly and other people too sick to afford to pay for healthcare or insurance will die. Guess the only people “ENTITLED” to live full rich lives are those with money.
Corporations want to see the end of regulations and labor laws. They don’t care if people die from poisoned food, water or air. If the environment is destroyed, they don’t care as long as they profit from it. As to labor laws, the corporations would like them gone. Since the Reagan era, companies have gotten away from providing benefits like pensions, healthcare insurance and other benefits. They would like to eliminate union, minimum wage along with other labor laws that protect workers from exploitation. Basically they want to turn American workers into legalized slaves.
We the people of the United States need to take a stand with our voices and our votes. We need to win the war on poverty. We want good paying jobs with benefits. We need the rich and corporations to pay their fair share in taxes. If not, poverty will grow. We’ll be legalized work slaves just surviving. Our country will lose it’s prominence and go down the tubes. We don’t want to be a third world America.
Labels: Democrats, liberals, main street, middle class, politics, poverty, progressives
# posted by Freedomstar @ 12:33 PM 
