Follow up from my prior blog post: Grandma: Is That You In the Soup Line?
From a Yahoo News Article " Northeast States Cut Heating Aid to the Poor" :
"Mary Power is 92 and worried about surviving another frigid New England winter because deep cuts in federal home heating assistance benefits mean she probably can't afford enough heating oil to stay warm."
Imagine having to make the decision whether to purchase food, medications, or heating your home in the freezing winter? All because our government and politicians don't think the elderly deserve a cost of living increase or help after working most of their lives? Entitlements? What about these wealthy politicians' taxpayer paid entitlements that most of them don't even need?
From an Associated Press article by Hope Yen: "Consensus Shows 1 in 2 People are Poor or Low Income".
"Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans- nearly 1 in 2- have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income".
"The reality is that prospects for the poor and the near poor are dismal," "If Congress and the states make further cuts, we can expect the number of poor and low-income families to rise for the next several years."
That is already almost 50% of the American working class. In addition, the real unemployment numbers are around 20-25%, depending on who is calculating them.
From an Associated Press article by Andrew Taylor: "Agreement near on $1 Trillion Spending Bill".
There were minor cuts to many government programs, mainly the EPA, The Pentagon Budget, and foreign aid. Tax breaks for people on Social Security were held hostage in exchange for the continuance of tax breaks for the wealthy. Ironic isn't it?
And: "Drafted behind closed doors, the proposed bill would provide $115 billion for overseas security operations in Afghanistan and Iraq but give the Pentagon just a 1 percent boost in annual spending not directly related to the wars".
Our government and politicians should be ashamed. We have people and families living in our streets. Working Americans who are unable to adequately take care of themselves and their families. Prior taxpayers like the retired elderly and unemployed living in poverty.
Yet we continue to spend BILLIONS to take care of , police, and rebuild other countries? Disgraceful!
In the book I predicted over a year ago : "If we continue on the current path, there will be another civil war in this country. Not a war about race and color, but a war between the have's and have not's".
When a large part of the population can no longer feed and shelter themselves and their families, what choice will they have?
Occupy is a perfect example of this. Can you foresee what may happen as the numbers continue to escalate? Even more important: They obviously ARE.
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