Although not victims of MJ molestation, 1 in 6 U.S. kids live in poverty

How many people die each day in the USA for lack of healthcare, having had their healthcare coverage cut in the last 5 yrs? How many are malnourished due to job loss and safety net cuts?

That and the endless investigations on corruption with Iraqi "reconstruction" contracts crowds out all the important shit, like if that runaway bride ever plans to marry someone else.

about those 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed since the time of our invasion, I'll just slit my wrists.

I mean, jeesh...

And it is likely even higher in my oh so glorious state, since we lead the nation in the number of kids living in poverty. Hey, we gotta be number one in something...

...to be obscenely wealthy!

but I think it's possible to alleviate child poverty, provide universal health care, and even universal child care, while still having 1 in 10,000 adults being obscenely wealthy. It would just require the obscenity to be toned down a tad.

...for yourself. Out of 200,000,000 adults take 1 in 10,000 which equals 20,000 with a minimum net worth of $1,000,000.00 or higher for a total net worth of $53 trillion ($53,000,000,000,000.00) in actual assets of some kind, wealth.

Then take about 30,000,000 adults who live in abject poverty, which has nothing to do with income, but means they own nothing, no assets what so ever expect donated clothing, a few appliances, an old B/W TV, a broken down car that doesn't run, that type of thing and among those adults, children under 16 years of age about 16.7 million who can claim nothing as their own. NOW THAT'S POVERTY!

Other than handouts from time to time, how many of these 20,000 obscenely wealthy individuals would ever sacrifice ownership to any of their wealth, let alone enough to bring these people to a level of self-sufficiency that could take them out of poverty. It the last five years, the policies and actions of the wealthy class have actually produced more individuals in poverty, and erode the wealth of most of the adults and children in between to two extremes. Remove social security and the poverty numbers will double in a generation!

Since so much money is needed to feed a corporate welfare system that now includes billions to a booming war profiteering industry, who cares if another couple poor kids go hungry or their options and opportunities are limited. They'll probably end up crack cocaine dealers and in jail anyway.

It makes me frustrated when I see the holier-than-thous who believe in the "sanctity of life". That is until that life needs clothes, food, an education, love, opportunity and hope. Then screw 'em.