2013-03-24, 02:02 PM
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Though I obviously want to discuss this article given how on-point and insightful it is, I'd also encourage everyone interested to read more of John Cheese' archived pieces dealing with poverty, because they really give an important and realistic perspective at the systems and lifestyles of poverty I feel aren't well discussed across news media/the web.
John Cheese Wrote:Off the top of your head, how many of your friends can you think of make less than $11,000 a year? Maybe they work some mind-numbing part-time job, taking cover charges and stamping hands at a strip club. Or if you're a bit older, how many families do you know of who have one person working, bringing in less than $23,000 to support a spouse and a couple of kids? There's nothing wrong with either of those things ... but those numbers are the poverty threshold in the U.S., and in my area of the country, it encompasses a fudging poopload of people (sorry, I'm trying to cut down on my cursing).
Poverty is a hot topic for politicians, but it seems like every time they open their mouths about the subject, stupid falls out. There's a huge part of me that wants to grab them by their orphan skin lapels and scream reason into their preciously oblivious brains, but the logical side of me knows it won't matter. There are some things they will just never understand. Things like ...
Though I obviously want to discuss this article given how on-point and insightful it is, I'd also encourage everyone interested to read more of John Cheese' archived pieces dealing with poverty, because they really give an important and realistic perspective at the systems and lifestyles of poverty I feel aren't well discussed across news media/the web.