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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNikki Haley: 'It is patently ridiculous for the United Nations to examine poverty in America'
U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley criticized the report for critiquing the United States' treatment of its poor, arguing that the United Nations should instead focus on poverty in developing countries such as Burundi and Congo Republic. The U.N. report also faulted the Trump administration for pursuing policies it said would exacerbate U.S. poverty.
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In May, U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston released a report saying the United States has the highest rates of youth poverty, infant mortality, incarceration, income inequality and obesity among all countries in the developed world, as well as 40 million people living in poverty. Alston accused President Trump and the Republican Congress of deepening poverty and inequality in the country, citing the Republican tax law passed last fall.
"The policies pursued over the past year seem deliberately designed to remove basic protections from the poorest, punish those who are not in employment and make even basic health care into a privilege," Alston wrote in the report.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/21/nikki-haley-it-is-patently-ridiculous-for-the-united-nations-to-examine-poverty-in-america/?__twitter_impression=true
JI7
(89,252 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)modern society. She is so fucking stupid.
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)ck4829
(35,077 posts)Just because some people have extreme wealth and freedom in the US does not negate the fact that we have extreme poverty.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)The UN examining poverty here or anywhere else is simply not one of them.
Perhaps a step outside the bubble in which you exist may in fact provide you with something resembling the education that you missed while in school.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Which is why poverty rates increased while she was in office.
Cha
(297,322 posts)eShirl
(18,494 posts)Shouldn't you be proud to let the world see how wealthy and free we are?
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Yes. The UN should do a study, and they should start in Haley's home state, where thousands here still don't have indoor plumbing. The poverty rate is nearly 20%, and it increased while she was Governor. I wouldn't be surprised if she owns one of those "Don't care" jackets Melanoma wore yesterday.