UN: US inequality reaching a dangerous level due to Trump's 'cruel' measures

[ChrisL]

UN: US inequality reaching a dangerous level due to Trump's 'cruel' measures
Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump is deliberately forcing millions of Americans into financial ruin, cruelly depriving them of food and other basic protections while lavishing vast riches on the super-wealthy, the United Nations monitor on poverty has warned.

Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur who acts as a watchdog on extreme poverty around the world, has issued a withering critique of the state of America today. Trump is steering the country towards a “dramatic change of direction” that is rewarding the rich and punishing the poor by blocking access even to the most meager necessities.

“This is a systematic attack on America’s welfare program that is undermining the social safety net for those who can’t cope on their own. Once you start removing any sense of government commitment, you quickly move into cruelty,” Alston told the Guardian.

Millions of Americans already struggling to make ends meet faced “ruination”, he warned. “If food stamps and access to Medicaid are removed, and housing subsidies cut, then the effect on people living on the margins will be drastic.”

Read more: Trump's 'cruel' measures pushing US inequality to dangerous level, UN warns

Anyone that isn't rich should think twice before they ever vote republican again! I am dead serious.

It is constantly amazing that the 'rich' have not learned the lessons of history and continue to push things to a breaking point, one that will break bad for them even more than for the rest of us.

How so? Most people are "rich" because they work hard to get there. What makes you think you are deserving of anything I have earned? What price are you threatening that I pay because you are not rich?

You obviously have my post confused with something that you want to say.

Look it is not a rich person's fault if you are not rich. Just because a person has worked harder and has more than you, is no reason to punish them in YOUR best interests. Go out and make your own way in this life. Don't rely on anyone else to give you anything. When you realize that your successes and failures rest on nothing but YOUR own decisions, then maybe you will find some success in this life.

 

[ChrisL]

UN: US inequality reaching a dangerous level due to Trump's 'cruel' measures
Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump is deliberately forcing millions of Americans into financial ruin, cruelly depriving them of food and other basic protections while lavishing vast riches on the super-wealthy, the United Nations monitor on poverty has warned.

Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur who acts as a watchdog on extreme poverty around the world, has issued a withering critique of the state of America today. Trump is steering the country towards a “dramatic change of direction” that is rewarding the rich and punishing the poor by blocking access even to the most meager necessities.

“This is a systematic attack on America’s welfare program that is undermining the social safety net for those who can’t cope on their own. Once you start removing any sense of government commitment, you quickly move into cruelty,” Alston told the Guardian.

Millions of Americans already struggling to make ends meet faced “ruination”, he warned. “If food stamps and access to Medicaid are removed, and housing subsidies cut, then the effect on people living on the margins will be drastic.”

Read more: Trump's 'cruel' measures pushing US inequality to dangerous level, UN warns

Anyone that isn't rich should think twice before they ever vote republican again! I am dead serious.

It is constantly amazing that the 'rich' have not learned the lessons of history and continue to push things to a breaking point, one that will break bad for them even more than for the rest of us.

What is stopping you from taking a loan, opening a business and making your own money?

Not that it's any of your business, but, "been there; done that".

So? You have the same exact opportunities as any other business owner. What's the problem?

 

[ChrisL]

UN: US inequality reaching a dangerous level due to Trump's 'cruel' measures
Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump is deliberately forcing millions of Americans into financial ruin, cruelly depriving them of food and other basic protections while lavishing vast riches on the super-wealthy, the United Nations monitor on poverty has warned.

Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur who acts as a watchdog on extreme poverty around the world, has issued a withering critique of the state of America today. Trump is steering the country towards a “dramatic change of direction” that is rewarding the rich and punishing the poor by blocking access even to the most meager necessities.

“This is a systematic attack on America’s welfare program that is undermining the social safety net for those who can’t cope on their own. Once you start removing any sense of government commitment, you quickly move into cruelty,” Alston told the Guardian.

Millions of Americans already struggling to make ends meet faced “ruination”, he warned. “If food stamps and access to Medicaid are removed, and housing subsidies cut, then the effect on people living on the margins will be drastic.”

Read more: Trump's 'cruel' measures pushing US inequality to dangerous level, UN warns

Anyone that isn't rich should think twice before they ever vote republican again! I am dead serious.

It is constantly amazing that the 'rich' have not learned the lessons of history and continue to push things to a breaking point, one that will break bad for them even more than for the rest of us.

What is stopping you from taking a loan, opening a business and making your own money?

Not that it's any of your business, but, "been there; done that".

You have the same opportunities as anyone else to be a success or a failure. There is no need for you to try to take from someone else because they were more successful than you. Be happy with what you have.

 

[Flash]

The same jackasses that believe the UN horseshit are the same Moon Bats that voted for that Obama asshole who increased poverty, decreased family income and increased income disparity.

 

[harmonica]

UN: US inequality reaching a dangerous level due to Trump's 'cruel' measures
Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump is deliberately forcing millions of Americans into financial ruin, cruelly depriving them of food and other basic protections while lavishing vast riches on the super-wealthy, the United Nations monitor on poverty has warned.

Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur who acts as a watchdog on extreme poverty around the world, has issued a withering critique of the state of America today. Trump is steering the country towards a “dramatic change of direction” that is rewarding the rich and punishing the poor by blocking access even to the most meager necessities.

“This is a systematic attack on America’s welfare program that is undermining the social safety net for those who can’t cope on their own. Once you start removing any sense of government commitment, you quickly move into cruelty,” Alston told the Guardian.

Millions of Americans already struggling to make ends meet faced “ruination”, he warned. “If food stamps and access to Medicaid are removed, and housing subsidies cut, then the effect on people living on the margins will be drastic.”

Read more: Trump's 'cruel' measures pushing US inequality to dangerous level, UN warns

Anyone that isn't rich should think twice before they ever vote republican again! I am dead serious.

It is constantly amazing that the 'rich' have not learned the lessons of history and continue to push things to a breaking point, one that will break bad for them even more than for the rest of us.

What is stopping you from taking a loan, opening a business and making your own money?

Not that it's any of your business, but, "been there; done that".

You have the same opportunities as anyone else to be a success or a failure. There is no need for you to try to take from someone else because they were more successful than you. Be happy with what you have.

...I agree ...some people are not industrious/''smart''/go getters/some people just like their ''status quo''/just enough to get by/etc....if they are happy that way--good for them
...some people are born into situations that make it ''harder'' to advance--but that doesn't mean they can't ...some people are born into situations where it is hard to get loans--but it really just takes hard work/time/industriousness/''brains''/etc to improve their situation
.....if people make bad decisions it's their own fault--not the ''evil'' rich people

 

[ChrisL]

People are inherently lazy. All of these people bitching here have the same opportunities as anyone else to make themselves "rich" in this country. Unfortunately, most people do NOT want to put in the risk, the collateral, the hours, the sweat to make it. They want to work 8 hours and call it a day and get paid. Well the government is NOT your charity. They are there to make it so that we all have the same opportunity to get there (through hard work), but they are not there to take care of your sorry pathetic arses, and neither are the rest of us. If you can't make it here, then sorry to say, you couldn't make it anywhere.

 

[ChrisL]

Money doesn't buy you any happiness anyways. You can have all the money in the world and still be miserable fuck.

 

[ChrisL]

As a disclaimer, I'm not really rich and I don't really own my own company. However, my mistakes in this life were my own, and I don't blame anyone else who is better off than me for my own fuckups in this life. They did everything right and now they are being rewarded for it. I didn't make very good decisions early on in my life and that didn't work out so well for me. Lol. Not anyone else's fault though, and nor should anyone else have to pay for my own bad decisions. Also, I don't really want the stress (nor do I know that I could handle that kind of daily stress) of running a company. I prefer my life to be as stress free as possible, so I work for someone else and let them pay me and let them deal with all the stress. Lol.

But what I am getting at is that we all have the same OPPORTUNITIES to do something with ourselves. It is not right to be angry at those who DID make all the right decisions.

 

[ChrisL]

Okay, well maybe not the SAME opportunities, but opportunities nonetheless. I will admit that some people have a LOT MORE opportunities and choices than some others. That is why I would not be against putting some kind of controls/limits on how much we are charged for higher education. Denying some people a higher education is kind of like stacking the odds against them.

 

[ChrisL]

So, as you can see, I can understand and even support SOME leftist ideologies, such as colleges (ALL colleges) should be affordable and attainable to everyone equally so that we all do have the same opportunities. I do NOT agree with taking what is not yours and that which someone ELSE worked hard for and put in the time for because you are angry that they have more than you. That is just not cool at all in any way whatsoever.

 

[BlackSand]

Okay, well maybe not the SAME opportunities, but opportunities nonetheless. I will admit that some people have a LOT MORE opportunities and choices than some others. That is why I would not be against putting some kind of controls/limits on how much we are charged for higher education. Denying some people a higher education is kind of like stacking the odds against them.

The cost of higher education is the lion in the tall grass ...

UCLA (one college) brings in more revenue in tuition in one semester than McDonalds makes in profit worldwide during the same time period.
Yet ... McDonalds is an evil corporation ... And UCLA is a bastion of Progressive fairness, equality and higher learning.

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[sparky]

So? You have the same exact opportunities as any other business owner. What's the problem?

Really?

I've been in biz for 20 yrs now, and this is just my recent biz.....

So, where's my taxpayer bailout $$$, my Congresscritter to create legislative advantages for me, my obnoxious tax cuts & offshore tax havens.....oh and club med justice when i screw the public?

~S~

 

[Camp]

This tirade against America is really very say. American's are hard workers and not lazy people looking for handouts. The root of criticism of some of the richest Americans is that some, even many, have received special treatment and advantages due to inherited class positions in society. Not to be confused with inherited financial wealth, inherited class positions have to do with education and connections to opportunity.

 

[Rustic]

UN: US inequality reaching a dangerous level due to Trump's 'cruel' measures
Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump is deliberately forcing millions of Americans into financial ruin, cruelly depriving them of food and other basic protections while lavishing vast riches on the super-wealthy, the United Nations monitor on poverty has warned.

Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur who acts as a watchdog on extreme poverty around the world, has issued a withering critique of the state of America today. Trump is steering the country towards a “dramatic change of direction” that is rewarding the rich and punishing the poor by blocking access even to the most meager necessities.

“This is a systematic attack on America’s welfare program that is undermining the social safety net for those who can’t cope on their own. Once you start removing any sense of government commitment, you quickly move into cruelty,” Alston told the Guardian.

Millions of Americans already struggling to make ends meet faced “ruination”, he warned. “If food stamps and access to Medicaid are removed, and housing subsidies cut, then the effect on people living on the margins will be drastic.”

Read more: Trump's 'cruel' measures pushing US inequality to dangerous level, UN warns

Anyone that isn't rich should think twice before they ever vote republican again! I am dead serious.

Fuck the UN and EU...
any sort of freedom and individuality cannot exist in the environment of socialism

 

[koshergrl]

UN: US inequality reaching a dangerous level due to Trump's 'cruel' measures
Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump is deliberately forcing millions of Americans into financial ruin, cruelly depriving them of food and other basic protections while lavishing vast riches on the super-wealthy, the United Nations monitor on poverty has warned.

Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur who acts as a watchdog on extreme poverty around the world, has issued a withering critique of the state of America today. Trump is steering the country towards a “dramatic change of direction” that is rewarding the rich and punishing the poor by blocking access even to the most meager necessities.

“This is a systematic attack on America’s welfare program that is undermining the social safety net for those who can’t cope on their own. Once you start removing any sense of government commitment, you quickly move into cruelty,” Alston told the Guardian.

Millions of Americans already struggling to make ends meet faced “ruination”, he warned. “If food stamps and access to Medicaid are removed, and housing subsidies cut, then the effect on people living on the margins will be drastic.”

Read more: Trump's 'cruel' measures pushing US inequality to dangerous level, UN warns

Anyone that isn't rich should think twice before they ever vote republican again! I am dead serious.

Poor muddle headed truthdoesn'tmatter.

 

[Rustic]

It is a massive wealth transfer from the poor to the rich.

It is wrong and it needs to stop!

Shit for brains... The poor have no money how can there be a transfer of wealth? Are you too stupid to breathe?

 

[Rustic]

UN: US inequality reaching a dangerous level due to Trump's 'cruel' measures
Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump is deliberately forcing millions of Americans into financial ruin, cruelly depriving them of food and other basic protections while lavishing vast riches on the super-wealthy, the United Nations monitor on poverty has warned.

Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur who acts as a watchdog on extreme poverty around the world, has issued a withering critique of the state of America today. Trump is steering the country towards a “dramatic change of direction” that is rewarding the rich and punishing the poor by blocking access even to the most meager necessities.

“This is a systematic attack on America’s welfare program that is undermining the social safety net for those who can’t cope on their own. Once you start removing any sense of government commitment, you quickly move into cruelty,” Alston told the Guardian.

Millions of Americans already struggling to make ends meet faced “ruination”, he warned. “If food stamps and access to Medicaid are removed, and housing subsidies cut, then the effect on people living on the margins will be drastic.”

Read more: Trump's 'cruel' measures pushing US inequality to dangerous level, UN warns

Anyone that isn't rich should think twice before they ever vote republican again! I am dead serious.

Hey United Nations we spend a shit load of $$$ on you..so...

Maybe Germany and the rest of them kick us out. Its coming wait and see. Most countries are sick of us, thanks to Trump and his cronies.

Lol
Germany is fully dependent on Russian energy, resources and food… And by the way Germany is responsible for two world wars and mass genocide. You silly little fucker

 

[ChrisL]

So? You have the same exact opportunities as any other business owner. What's the problem?

Really?

I've been in biz for 20 yrs now, and this is just my recent biz.....

So, where's my taxpayer bailout $$$, my Congresscritter to create legislative advantages for me, my obnoxious tax cuts & offshore tax havens.....oh and club med justice when i screw the public?

~S~

I don't know, but your bailouts happened BEFORE Trump. Was your business deemed "to big to fail?" Obama did some TARP bail outs. I will assume you are also against subsidies for certain corporations.

This is WHY the feds are supposed to be LIMITED by their jurisdictions as outlined in the CONSTITUTION, which leftists like to want to "change" often without thinking at ALL about the consequences of their silly actions! As a taxpayer who is NOT rich, it is nothing if not ANNOYING.

Obama officials operating TARP program blew millions on frivolities

Although Obama is out of the Oval Office, his administration’s legacy of wrong-doing continues on.


Obama’s “Hardest Hit Fund,” an exorbitantly-funded government program launched to help struggling families, has been accused of massive waste and mismanagement.

A new report by the Office of the Inspector General for Troubled Asset Relief Program says the fund, meant to aid families suffering after the housing crisis, was used to host parties, buy cars and give employee bonuses, as well as to purchase unnecessary items.




The program, which operates under the Treasury Department, has little oversight, according to Judicial Watch (JW). They report that federal audits have exposed pervasive fraud and waste, findings of which were released this month through “another reckless Treasury gem, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Obama’s disastrous initiative to rescue the nation’s ailing financial institutions.”

According to the inspector general’s report, millions have been wasted in expenses from picnics to parking. A brief breakdown of those expenses, as compiled by JW, shows $3 million in expenses that the watchdog deemed “unnecessary:”

• $598,374 went to car allowances, free parking, and other transportation perks
• $342,728 was spent on settlements, severance, and other employee legal expenses
• $342,407 went to employee bonuses, cash debit cards, gifts, and other perks
• $258,333 was spent on “avoidable” data storage expenses
• $150,618 on barbecues, parties, picnics, steak and seafood dinners, and other food and beverages.
• The rest was spent on unemployment payments to former employees and a customer center in Rhode Island that had already received federal money years earlier for a new office.

In the report, Special Inspector General for TARP, Christy Goldsmith Romero, writes: “Taxpayers are paying more for this program than is necessary, and losing Federal dollars to waste, because Treasury is not following its own contract to limit TARP spending to only expenses necessary to modify loans or demolish blighted houses.”



She says Treasury has allowed state agencies to charge TARP for expenses that are not permitted, such as food and beverages. Such expenses, Romero says, are “not necessary to modify loans or demolish blighted houses.”

According to JW, the probe was requested by a U.S. senator concerned after a 2016 audit exposed $8.1 million in waste in Nevada’s Hardest Hit Fund. The money in Nevada was similarly spent on staff lunches and gifts, parties, employee outings, severance and even “a fancy car for a supervisor.”

JW reports:



“The Hardest Hit Fund was created by Obama in 2010 to help struggling families negatively impacted by the housing crisis that began in 2007. The former commander-in-chief asserted that homeowners in regions with high unemployment needed the government’s help to make their mortgage payment and prevent foreclosure. ”

So far, over $9 billion dollars have gone to support the fund, and during the Obama administration’s last year, the fund got an additional $2 billion. The program began as a $1.5 billion initiative which was only focused on five states. Those states had seen the steepest declines in home prices. Now, it’s a “$9.6 billion boondoggle” in 18 states plus the District of Columbia.

As JW notes, many government programs created during Obama’s eight years in office have “ballooned, and kept receiving boatloads of cash with virtually no oversight.”

The money, supposed to be available until the end of 2020, goes to mortgage payment assistance, principal reduction, blight elimination and down payment assistance efforts.

The staggering amount of money gushing into the program, to the tune of billions of dollars, went to multiple states. In liberal California, residents have been granted $2,358,593,320 under the program, while Floridians have received $1,135,735,674.

Other states, which have received the funds in the hundreds of millions, include:

• Ohio – $762,302,067
• Michigan – $761,204,045
• North Carolina – $706,507,564
• Nevada – $202,911,881

Note that in Nevada, $9 million was distributed just before the waste in their “Hardest Hit Fund” was discovered. According to JW, the Treasury Department “never bothered” trying to recover the money wasted there, and “the fraud continues to grow.”

 

[sparky]

Some of you might be wise enough to figure out there are no self made men ,and any poplace that has a healthy economy is due to a level playing field

That's not going to occur from laisse fare polcies

It comes via the Gub'Mit providing said arena

No, the Gub'Mit does not create jobs, save for socialist ones we all pay for

Yes, any goog Gub'Mit creates prosperity ,and thus jobs, through controlls and restraints that benefit all biz

~S~

 

[ChrisL]

This tirade against America is really very say. American's are hard workers and not lazy people looking for handouts. The root of criticism of some of the richest Americans is that some, even many, have received special treatment and advantages due to inherited class positions in society. Not to be confused with inherited financial wealth, inherited class positions have to do with education and connections to opportunity.

And MANY OTHERS have not and have earned their own way.