WASHINGTON — For all the talk by the presidential candidates about producing jobs, fixing the economy, and bolstering the country’s middle class, a dispiriting prospect looms ahead of November’s election: The nation’s poverty rate is poised to rise to its highest level since President Lyndon B. Johnson launched his war against it.
New Census Bureau estimates are expected to be released this week, and even a small two-tenths tick upward would push the 2011 rate to the highest level since 1965.
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Poverty is not being ignored by Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney. They mention the growing poverty rate frequently and propose that we enact policies to spur private sector job growth to reduce the poverty rate. It is President Obama who is silent on the question of poverty, especially growing urban poverty and youth violence. The Obama "solution" for poverty is putting more people on Social Security disability and on SNAP debit cards (aka food stamps). Perhaps Obama should cancel a few Manhattan and Hollywood fundraisers to visit the South Side of Chicago or East L.A. That might actually win him some votes in November.
Can you believe the Globe would print this.
Hogwash. Obama is not silent on poverty - you just don't like his solution. Perhaps you should be mentioning your involvement the Romney campaign in these kind of discussions?
O.K. I apologize for noting that so much has been repeated and scouted about the rampant poverty caused by Mr. Obama's team in the past 4 years that it is amazing that the Globe writer missed it. It may not show a lack of intelligence. However, it may indicate a recent return from the Mars landing mission.
People are unaware or ignorant of the fact that the standard of living has decreased in the past 4 years: For children under age 18, the poverty rate increase to 22% in 2010, translates into more than 1 in 5 children in America are living in poverty. The economic situation is wicked bad here.
However, the Obamas plead to remain in the White House after 4 years on the job training has failed to produce results. Four years of dissent with work colleagues doesn't work in any work place. It sounds like an attitude problem: But Obama also fails to learn or perform the tasks expected from his job description. Sure isn't anything like community organizing!
Off Shoring by firms like State Street Corp and its partner SYNTEL Corp of TROY Mi, will add to American poverty in placesw like kansas City, MO, Irvine, CA and North Quincy MA. The resaon Jay hooley (the firms CEO) amd all of executives at One Lincoln are so adamment about giving to the United way is becasue after State Street gets through sending its entire Fund Admin Division to INDIA ina a year or two, a Hell of a lot more people are going to need the United Way !!
computer may have failed because all comments have been expunged. Did the editors did not like the flavor of the comments on this hapless, missed the current news article. Poverty is the loudest and most often read and heard subject in politics today, yesterday and laast month. It may be less than pleasant to poke fun at this article's writer, but come on, where have you been? Jobless poverty is on everyone's hit list. The only media not screaming about jobless poverty are located in Africa. Hey, editors, if you can't keep up[with the news that could be a problem in your business.
computer may have failed because all comments have been expunged. Did the editors did not like the flavor of the comments on this hapless, missed the current news article. Poverty is the loudest and most often read and heard subject in politics today, yesterday and laast month. It may be less than pleasant to poke fun at this article's writer, but come on, where have you been? Jobless poverty is on everyone's hit list. The only media not screaming about jobless poverty are located in Africa. Hey, editors, if you can't keep up[with the news that could be a problem in your business.
computer may have failed because all comments have been expunged. Did the editors did not like the flavor of the comments on this hapless, missed the current news article. Poverty is the loudest and most often read and heard subject in politics today, yesterday and laast month. It may be less than pleasant to poke fun at this article's writer, but come on, where have you been? Jobless poverty is on everyone's hit list. The only media not screaming about jobless poverty are located in Africa. Hey, editors, if you can't keep up[with the news that could be a problem in your business.
computer may have failed because all comments have been expunged. Did the editors did not like the flavor of the comments on this hapless, missed the current news article. Poverty is the loudest and most often read and heard subject in politics today, yesterday and laast month. It may be less than pleasant to poke fun at this article's writer, but come on, where have you been? Jobless poverty is on everyone's hit list. The only media not screaming about jobless poverty are located in Africa. Hey, editors, if you can't keep up[with the news that could be a problem in your business.
computer may have failed because all comments have been expunged. Did the editors did not like the flavor of the comments on this hapless, missed the current news article. Poverty is the loudest and most often read and heard subject in politics today, yesterday and laast month. It may be less than pleasant to poke fun at this article's writer, but come on, where have you been? Jobless poverty is on everyone's hit list. The only media not screaming about jobless poverty are located in Africa. Hey, editors, if you can't keep up[with the news that could be a problem in your business.
my computer may have failed because all comments have been expunged. Did the editors did not like the flavor of the comments on this hapless, missed the current news article. Poverty is the loudest and most often read and heard subject in politics today, yesterday and laast month. It may be less than pleasant to poke fun at this article's writer, but come on, where have you been? Jobless poverty is on everyone's hit list. The only media not screaming about jobless poverty are located in Africa. Hey, editors, if you can't keep up[with the news that could be a problem in your business.
This is a very sad commentary about our country. We can not seem to ofind a solution between the need for compassion for others and the fear of entitlements that some have. Lost in all of this is the long term impact to generations that lose hope. Our political process is composed of partisan loyalty and our bi-partisan agreements usually deliver programs watered down to satisfy the deep philosophical divided. I am very worried about the future for our children given this endless gridlock. The country that helped save the world from tyranny and ushere'd in a boom generation can't solve this problem? It starts with compassion foissues use. For example on immigration leillegal otherwise. Most of us have a family legacspoof immigration. Now a few generations, we live the dream. Have we forgotten? My grandparents came here escaping the Armenian genocide. America is nation replenished by the diversity of immigration. It is what has made us great!