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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:10 PM Original message |
Poverty Is Poison - Krugman |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Poverty is Good!!!!! How Else Will the Greedy Get Rich!!!! |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. This could explain something |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. ...that is really scary... |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. great insights |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Wow.... that describes MY mother, too... |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. My mom was born in 1929, and she fucked my shit up good. |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fascinating. Having lived below the poverty level before I |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Interesting findings. It would explain a lot of anomalous trends... |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Welfare queen type myths/memes perpetuate the cruelty |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. attitudes are critical |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. It certainly is poison. K&R |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Yes, it KILLS! In this very affluent community, where poverty isn't even recognized, |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. This canard about "The War On Poverty Didn't Work" is one of the reasons |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. I wonder if those unhealthy level of stress hormones are what's at |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. Imagine the impact on healthcare if the stress of poverty went away. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes the positive impact of ending poverty ON ALL SOCIETY would be enormous. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. I grew up in poverty |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. "you shoulda pulled yourself up by your damn baby booties!" |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Saturday’s Financial Times article |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. Is poverty necessary in a capitalistic society? Unemployment |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. The library was closed yesterday, so I wasn't able to recommend this in time...sobble... |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Someone else posted it in GD - here's the link |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Poverty is a crime in the wealthiest nation on the planet. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. "Where there is plenty, poverty is evil." |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. on many levels |
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pamela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. Great article. Thanks for posting it. |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. You can recommend it in GD. See post 20 on this thread. |
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pamela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thanks balantz. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. we are all being poisoned |
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