Helpin Da Middle Class...

[VTA]

NEARLY 50 MILLION AMERICANS IN POVERTY, WORST SINCE LBJ

Even as the Obama White House prepares for a star-studded White House concert featuring Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper, and Justin Timberlake, figures from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal that roughly 50 million Americans—one in six—now live below the poverty line.

Additionally, one in five American children have fallen below the poverty line; the last time poverty levels were this high, Lyndon Baines Johnson was president.

"In the last three years, there's been a great change in the kinds of people we are serving,” said Director of Community Services at Catholic Charities of Baltimore Mary Anne O’Donnell. “There are increasing numbers of people who owned a home, lost their jobs, end up living in their car and are coming with children to our soup kitchen.”

Recovery!

 

[bkeavs]

There are more millionaires and billionaires than ever

 

[VTA]

That's funny. Why are they then called the 1%?

 

[ScipioCowboy]

There are more millionaires and billionaires than ever

That's because there are more people than ever before.

This article is also speaking in terms of percentages.

 

[VTA]

And don't forget the unfair distribution of that wealth as we've been told by one of President O's biggest cheerleaders...

 

[ScipioCowboy]

And don't forget the unfair distribution of that wealth as we've been told by one of President O's biggest cheerleaders...

Ah, the old "wage gap" meme.

 

[JBond]

There are more millionaires and billionaires than ever