I know we like to ignore the poor. I mean afterall, even Jesus said they're always going to be with us. And there are just so many spiritually poor these days, surely we can't be expected to deal with those who are actually poor. Who has the time? It's probably their fault anyway...right? Yeah, that sounds right.
Insert personal puke here.
Well, let's see what the present American administration has to say (GW is a Christian, right?).
Mike at Waving or Drowning posts...
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From Fred Clark:
Try to imagine how you might make ends meet on $5,080 a year. That's $424 a month for rent, food, health care, clothing, utilities, transportation. On $424 a month, the ends cannot be made to meet. Try to imagine how you might make ends meet raising two children on $9,903 a year. That's about $825 a month. The ends cannot be made to meet.
There are 16 million Americans living like this.
That's the combined population of Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Plumer points to the Bush administration's most notable response to this situation: eliminating the Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation. Ignoring these 16 million Americans is, for Bush, a matter of official policy.
Read Fred's entire post here.
I threw up a little bit in my mouth.
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