Alabama Has The Worst Poverty In The Developed World

You're absolutely right. The *only* reason, as I said earlier, that I brought up Appalachian poverty is to point that out.

So -- what's your opinion? Rather than pointing fingers of blame, is this something that should be addressed? Ignored? If addressed, then how?

Not an easy question obviously as many smart people have spent centuries trying to answer it. If I had a really good answer I'd be fabulously wealthy. haha.

From a 30K foot level, there are different levels of poverty that should probably be addressed differently. There are those that are mentally ill and living on the streets that realistically don't have a chance to hold a job and live a "normal" life. There are those who say have immigrated here and come with nothing so are considered in poverty. There are those that hit a rough patch and are down on their luck but poverty isn't a permanent thing for them. There are some whose family has been in poverty for multiple generations.

I believe there are different ways to target each of those groups. We could obviously get into waaay more detail about how.
 
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I have been pretty careful to state that conservatives are largely responsible for our nation's legacy of social Darwinism.

Conservatism has not historically been limited to the Republican Party, nor do I think blue dog Democrats, neoliberals, and Bourbon Democrats escape their share of blame.

Why is that the allegedly Kenyan-Marxist-Socialist republics of western Europe do not allow this kind of abject poverty? Why is in unique to the United States, in the developed word.
There's poverty, and then there's living in squalor. People can be impoverished for a number of reasons. Some states offer help to those, and some do not.
 
If people didn't want to see it, they'd stop voting for those who promise to continue it.

Plenty of poverty stricken areas (western mass, some of the coastal cities) in Massachusetts. This is above just political parties I think.
 
This is what it boils down too. How do you address it? Even the wealthier states have pockets of poverty stricken areas.

The amount of money we spent on the Iraq War Disaster probably could have put every single house in the United States on a public sewer system, on a public water system, on a public utility system, and paid for a college education and health care for every single teenager who wanted it and was prepared for it.

That's how you do it.
 
Let me help you out brother .. I didn't get the information from Politifact .. it just confirms the truth that you run from like your ass is on fire.

Hope that helps .. and may I add .. you completely ignore the rampant racism within YOUR own nearly all white party.

Why do you think it is that you do that?

Now you're just lying BAC. Show where you got your information. Where do you get that meme you posted? Does it say they judge by states Romney won or lost or by who is in control locally?
 
This is what it boils down too. How do you address it? Even the wealthier states have pockets of poverty stricken areas.
But many have programs to help the poor avoid third world living conditions. Instead of being proud that the least among us in this nation, live better than the majority in other nations...our politicians sell some bullshit about 'takers'.

And the 'takers' eat it up, and vote against their own best interests.
 
We were just talking about areas of poverty and now you are on to racism?

DUDE, YOU'RE the one who posted some stupid shit about ONE black guy talking about racism in the Democratic Party .. I countered with the TRUTH of your own rampantly racist party .. and just as I said, now you run from your own reflection like your ass is on fire.

Are you going to answer my question, or are you just going to run?
 
The amount of money we spent on the Iraq War Disaster probably could have put every single house in the United States on a public sewer system, on a public water system, on a public utility system, and paid for a college education and health care for every single teenager who wanted it and was prepared for it.

That's how you do it.

I hope you are sitting down Cypress as this may cause you a feinting spell. I happen to agree with you on this.
 
The amount of money we spent on the Iraq War Disaster probably could have put every single house in the United States on a public sewer system, on a public water system, on a public utility system, and paid for a college education and health care for every single teenager who wanted it and was prepared for it.

That's how you do it.
Bernie must have been reading my posts for the last ten years. If we imposed a $.10 fee on every Wall St transaction, there would be no underfunded programs in this country.
 
Now you're just lying BAC. Show where you got your information. Where do you get that meme you posted? Does it say they judge by states Romney won or lost or by who is in control locally?

Are you somehow locked out of google? :0)

Answer my question and I'll embarrass you with where I got that information from.

Are you going to just keep running?
 
Again....poverty exists across America. Squalor doesn't.

There is not much difference Althea. One tends to be the carrier of the other. It happens everywhere in America not just certain places which was the point of the OP. That should not be.
 
I hope you are sitting down Cypress as this may cause you a feinting spell. I happen to agree with you on this.
That's because it's hard to disagree with the truth. Hell...how many billions just 'disappeared' in Iraq under Bush, and nobody seemed to care?
 
There is not much difference Althea. One tends to be the carrier of the other. It happens everywhere in America not just certain places which was the point of the OP. That should not be.
Of course one tends to be the reason for the other. That doesn't mean all who are impoverished live in squalor. But those of us who live in high tax states understand this concept.
 
That's because it's hard to disagree with the truth. Hell...how many billions just 'disappeared' in Iraq under Bush, and nobody seemed to care?

Many people disagree with the truth all the time because of their political beliefs. To me this more about common sense, not politics.
 
Of course one tends to be the reason for the other. That doesn't mean all who are impoverished live in squalor. But those of us who live in high tax states understand this concept.

I live in a high tax state so no reason to attempt to act snotty. NYC is not the entire state of NY.
 
I'm right here BAC. You are lying about your meme.

You're kind of an idiot .. which explains why you're a republican.

YOU inject race into the conversation .. then you run like a rabbit from the truth.

Cowardly.

Thanks for the conversation. Explains a lot.
 
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