Poverty Measures

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by Charles

In defense of Pete, he wasn't always a WEALTHY pain in the ass.

Chas

Originally Posted by barbara

I'm laughing at the person who 'lived in the hood' and thus, knows all about poor.
When you are desperate enough to pick the oranges off the ground of your neighbors tree when they aren't looking to feed your children while at the same time you are raising them to respect others property and not steal, then, may be you will get a clue.....

To his credit Pete does have a highly developed sense of humor.
(he's way funny)

Welcome.


Here is an interesting starting point here: http://www.politicalchat.org/showthread.php?t=174

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

Never HAD to make money on your own?

I have only ever made money on my own, with hard work and sweat, nothing associated with that casino in lower Manhatten has ever done me any favours.

[merrylander]

Welcome to this asylum Barbara.

[piece-itpete]

Hey, I've got friends!

Howdy Barbara. I can believe that rural and urban poor is way different, and even the area I lived in and visit isn't the absolutely most desparate areas in the country. They're pretty bad though.

I always worked. Most of the time lol.

Pete

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Hey, I've got friends!

Howdy Barbara. I can believe that rural and urban poor is way different, and even the area I lived in and visit isn't the absolutely most desparate areas in the country. They're pretty bad though.

I always worked. Most of the time lol.

Pete

Of course. Friends are those who can look beyond your flaws.

Regards,

D-Ray

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Maybe you oughta dumb that one down cause you aren't making any sense at least to me. The last person I would waste any time listening to is Bachman. She 's a pale imitation of another batshit crazy as hell tea partyist, Palin.

By the way I'm no Marxist/ Leninst by any stretch of imagination. I do believe that corporate welfare along with deregulation are just a couple of the great evils perpetrated on society of late. Just look at the figures. Social welfare is a tiny pimple compared to the sheer volume of loot plundered from the Treasury by corporate Amerika. Almost every citizen paid far more taxes than GE just to name one!

I'm referring to Mrs. Obama not Bachmann. What do you suggest as a tax rate on corporations? What is a so-called fair share? How about removing all corporate taxes and just taxing the receivers of corporate profits? I think that would also necessitate eliminating corporate "personhood."

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Hey, I've got friends!

acquaintances

[piece-itpete]

D'oh!



Seems like a good time to mention the AK Fest again....

Pete

[merrylander]

I am a bit surprised that Dave or Nancy has not chimed in, they can tell you about folks in poverty.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Maybe you oughta dumb that one down cause you aren't making any sense at least to me. The last person I would waste any time listening to is Bachman. She 's a pale imitation of another batshit crazy as hell tea partyist, Palin.

By the way I'm no Marxist/ Leninst by any stretch of imagination. I do believe that corporate welfare along with deregulation are just a couple of the great evils perpetrated on society of late. Just look at the figures. Social welfare is a tiny pimple compared to the sheer volume of loot plundered from the Treasury by corporate Amerika. Almost every citizen paid far more taxes than GE just to name one!

Originally Posted by bhunter

I'm referring to Mrs. Obama not Bachmann. What do you suggest as a tax rate on corporations? What is a so-called fair share? How about removing all corporate taxes and just taxing the receivers of corporate profits? I think that would also necessitate eliminating corporate "personhood."

A fair share would definitely be more than zero or a negative number as a tax credit. For chrissakes, you are on a first name basis with the First Lady?