iamwhatiseem
Diamond Member
You can post all the graphs you want, and blame Republicans all you want...you are missing a very-very big piece of the problem.
Poverty is not a lack of money, that is a symptom. The problem is a lack of opportunity to make a higher income. A sufficient level of non-poverty jobs to employ the population. Underemployment is a MUCH bigger issue than unemployment.
The piece you are missing is corporatism. And corporatism knows no party lines.
Obama in his SOTU wet on about how great the economy is, "the shadow of the crises is over" - "markets have doubled" etc. etc etc. All bullshit.
The economy has grown, the markets have doubled. But that has in NO way helped the average American. The only people benefiting from the post 2008 growth is the highest wager earners in the land.
The top 7% wage earners have lavished in an unbelievable 33% earnings increase - the rest of us - the other 93% who have jobs, on average are making 5% less. Hmm..Obama didn't mention that did he? That the gap between the rich and the poor is growing faster, not slower. And that is under a DEMOCRAT President, with two years having a super majority Democrat house .
The sooner you drop the ridiculous "Republicans Republicans!!" - the closer you will get to the real problem.
Poverty is not a lack of money, that is a symptom. The problem is a lack of opportunity to make a higher income. A sufficient level of non-poverty jobs to employ the population. Underemployment is a MUCH bigger issue than unemployment.
The piece you are missing is corporatism. And corporatism knows no party lines.
Obama in his SOTU wet on about how great the economy is, "the shadow of the crises is over" - "markets have doubled" etc. etc etc. All bullshit.
The economy has grown, the markets have doubled. But that has in NO way helped the average American. The only people benefiting from the post 2008 growth is the highest wager earners in the land.
The top 7% wage earners have lavished in an unbelievable 33% earnings increase - the rest of us - the other 93% who have jobs, on average are making 5% less. Hmm..Obama didn't mention that did he? That the gap between the rich and the poor is growing faster, not slower. And that is under a DEMOCRAT President, with two years having a super majority Democrat house .
The sooner you drop the ridiculous "Republicans Republicans!!" - the closer you will get to the real problem.