According to census data released this month, 3.5 million Americans were able to raise their chins above the poverty line last year. More than seven years after the recession ended, employers are finally being compelled to reach deeper into the pools of untapped labor, creating more jobs, especially among retailers, restaurants and hotels, and paying higher wages… Continue reading Report – Millions of Americans Climb Out of Poverty
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NY Man Makes “$200.00 an Hour” Begging for Money
Here’s something for Republican presidential hopeful, Marco Rubio. Forget lying about welders making more money than philosophers, that is just a lie and you know it. Instead, tell your people that they could make more money if they quit their jobs and beg. Not only would that fit the Republican platform of austerity, but you could… Continue reading NY Man Makes “$200.00 an Hour” Begging for Money
Republican Explains – Minimum Wage is for “Minorities,” Unskilled People Worth $7 an Hour
He is a Republican Representative from California named, Tom McClintock. And in an interview with C-SPAN on Thursday, McClintock went there with his Republican ideology in public, saying that the minimum wage is for “minorities,” teenagers and other unskilled people no work experience. And those people do not deserve more than $7 an hour. He was answering a question… Continue reading Republican Explains – Minimum Wage is for “Minorities,” Unskilled People Worth $7 an Hour
Sen. Joni Ernst’s Family Took Almost Half a Million Dollars in Government Subsidies
Yeah, she grew up poor alright. So poor that Sen. Joni Ernst, the Republican Senator who gave the Republican’s official response to the State of The Union Address, said that as a kid, she had to put “plastic bread bags” over her “one good pair of shoes” to keep them from getting wet when it… Continue reading Sen. Joni Ernst’s Family Took Almost Half a Million Dollars in Government Subsidies
Report: Poor Families Pay Double The Tax Rate as Rich Families
And the Republicans rejoice. They have been working for this outcome for decades! Middle- and low-income Americans are facing far higher state and local taxes than the wealthy, according to a new report assessing tax data from all 50 states. In all, the analysis by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) finds… Continue reading Report: Poor Families Pay Double The Tax Rate as Rich Families
Record Low For Homelessness in This Large City
The number of homeless residents in New York City, the largest city in the United States, reached a record high this month at more than 56,000 people. Halfway around the world, another metropolis recently hit a homeless record of its own: just 1,697 people are currently homeless in Tokyo, also its country’s largest city and… Continue reading Record Low For Homelessness in This Large City
Almost Half Of New Yorkers Are Poor
(Getty Images) From 2011 to 2012, the number of New Yorkers who were at or near poverty levels remained constant at 46%. According to a new report [PDF] released by the City’s Center for Economic Opportunity andobtained by the Times, “nearly half of New Yorkers were making less than 150 percent of the poverty threshold, a figure that… Continue reading Almost Half Of New Yorkers Are Poor
They Wouldn’t Even Help This Homeless Child – Video
“So many of these Fousey videos try to portray people as bad or heartless if they don’t stop and help anyone, but like seriously, people have their own problems to worry about and their own mouths or families mouths to feed… they can’t go giving money to every beggar they see. You can’t judge someone… Continue reading They Wouldn’t Even Help This Homeless Child – Video
GOP’s New War – The War On School Lunches for Poor Kids – Video
There is always a new war for these Republicans to engage in, but rest assured, you will never, never, never, ever, ever see a Republican war on tax loopholes for the rich, or subsidies to the rich, or anything involving the rich. But if it benefits the poor, they declare war!
The Shocking Cost of Corporate Welfare
Republicans never miss the opportunity to tell you that poor people are leaches, sucking the life from the economy with their greed through the welfare system. But they never mention their millionaire friends and businesses, who are milking the system even more than the pocket change going to the poor. State and local governments have… Continue reading The Shocking Cost of Corporate Welfare
Paul Ryan’s CPAC Speech Based on Fictional Events
It’s about a sad little boy who didn’t want a school lunch. He wanted his lunch in a brown paper bag just like all the other boys and girls who got that brown paper bag of love from their parents. “The left is making a big mistake here. What they’re offering people is a full… Continue reading Paul Ryan’s CPAC Speech Based on Fictional Events
Report: Under Christie’s Leadership, New Jersey’s Poverty Rate hit 52 Year High
It seems that when Chris Christie’s mentor asked this question – “is that what you want in your president?”- he was not only talking about Christie’s possible involvement in the BridgeGate crisis. It is quite possible that he got a glimpse of this report. Poverty in New Jersey continued to grow even as the national… Continue reading Report: Under Christie’s Leadership, New Jersey’s Poverty Rate hit 52 Year High