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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Sat Dec 16, 2017, 01:59 PM Dec 2017

Dire poverty in US to worsen under Trump, threatening democracy, top UN official says

Dire poverty in US to worsen under Trump, threatening democracy, top UN official says
Ellen Wulfhorst DECEMBER 15, 2017 / 3:35 PM / UPDATED 20 HOURS AGO

WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Poverty and inequality rates in the United States are alarming, poised to worsen under President Donald Trump and threatening the nation’s democracy, a top United Nations official said on Friday.

More than one in eight Americans live in poverty, nearly half of those live in what is considered “deep poverty” and most have no way of escaping their plight, said Philip Alston, U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.

The U.N. official’s scathing outlook, which criticized U.S. politics, policies and attitudes, came after he recently toured the country from homeless encampments in California to small towns in the South and the hurricane-devastated island of Puerto Rico.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-poverty/dire-poverty-in-us-to-worsen-under-trump-threatening-democracy-top-un-official-says-idUSKBN1E92TF

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Dire poverty in US to worsen under Trump, threatening democracy, top UN official says (Original Post) workinclasszero Dec 2017 OP

this is rather pathetic when ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2017 #1

How does the UN put up with us? ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #2

K&R smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #3

Look for a rise in crime and incarceration. "Lock THEM up". nt oasis Dec 2017 #4

SWBTATTReg

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1. this is rather pathetic when ...

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 03:12 PM

Dec 2017

so many in our country are in need, and we're more concerned about unneeded tax breaks for corporations. A disgrace...so much for our eval. Christians, eh?