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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 03:21 AM Original message |
The Changing Face of Poverty CNN.com |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Unbelievable that this is coming from the Certainly Not News network |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 03:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. There's is actually a whole series on CNN.com |
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EmpireWeAre (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. This story won't stick. |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 06:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Your garbage list left out...... |
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purduejake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. The working poor?!? How do ya like that? |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 04:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Unemployed 55 Months Now - Two College Degrees Worthless |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 07:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. same here, my american dream was stolen. |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 07:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. i cannot imagine graduating from college at this time. |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Um...nursing |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Speech-Language Pathology (although it requires a Masters) |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. don't buy into that crap. they most certainly can afford nurses. |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 02:41 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. didn't I read somewhere that they were going to import nurses |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 02:49 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. i haven't heard that. most of the nurses come from either canada or |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. No, some can't |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 02:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
58. nursing, like teaching, is a calling |
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L.A.dweller (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Perhaps law school |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. Special Education |
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hraka (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Politics and world domination |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 12:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I would not feel so all alone |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 01:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I Worked Several Part-Time Jobs - None Of Them Have Led To |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. may i ask |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 09:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
59. 47 - Yes Age Discrimination Is Alive And Well In America |
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ExclamationPoint (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. And to think.... |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 03:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Ex IT computer techie with certifications up the assterisk |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. at least you have two degrees. I dropped out of college. |
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seekinguniqueness (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. 55 Months...? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. how can someone move if they have no money? |
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TwentyFive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. You must live in a red state |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. $8/Hr. is working poor in most of the country. |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Hang in there..... |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. With you at $10/hr |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Less varied meals" means more fat and starch... |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And they end up with diseases like diabetes |
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Ms_Mary (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. And the kids, the kids suffer for it even more. Childhood obesity, |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 06:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. And I'm the poster child. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 06:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I already *have* diabetes and can't afford too much fresh produce. |
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hraka (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
56. Yeah, like USDA hand outs |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. kick. (n/t) |
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stevebreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. Average hourly wage in 1972 ($9.02) today ($8.30) |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 02:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. My father and I had a discussion before the election, and he brought up |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. kick |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. But "Money Magazine" is just a liberal rag (joke) nt |
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L.A.dweller (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. I'm trying to e-mail this article but it won't let me |
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masjenkins (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. I run an urban farm in nyc |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. OMG!!! It's worse than I thought! |
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agincourt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. funny how 4 years, |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. Abandoned by the corporate Democratic Party |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. While I agree with you about some of this, I am wondering what |
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blueraven95 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I don't think this is the alternative you are looking for...but.. |
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hraka (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
60. Does raising the min wage really hurt small business? |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. The "centrist" dems helped create this problem |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. But the economy's booming! |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. CNN may report poverty stats, but they will not tie it to * policy |
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outrage (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. Poor? It's your own damn fault according to fundies |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. It'sall part of the contempt for the poor that is prevalent |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Which proves they are not Christians |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:28 AM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Lack of a father/single parent homes... |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
44. That 51% that voted for * |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Man, I don't know |
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hraka (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. Add 1000's more to the welfare line... |
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