ONE POLICY (championed by leaders of both parties) leads to poverty, pollution, racism, severe inequality, loss of good jobs, unnecessary wars & many of the other serious problems we face. **But there's GOOD NEWS: We can end this one policy & prioritize people & the planet. Unbeknownst to most of us, REPUBLICAN & DEMOCRATIC …
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50% of children in the U.S. live below or near the poverty line. (Columbia University School of Public Health study here ) 20 individuals now have as much wealth as the poorest 150 million Americans (half the country per The Nation magazine here ). A study by the Atlantic found that …
38.3 percent of black children live in poverty. 10.7 percent of white children live in poverty. Article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/us/black-children-poverty-pew-research-center.html
Bought off politicians championed corporate-friendly policies during the last 20 years that hollowed out the middle class, moved wealth upward (concentrating it in an extreme way at the top) and created more poverty. Amazingly, these same corporate-owned political leaders are now using moral arguments to justify undoing the safety net. If you listen …
U.S. CORPORATIONS EARN RECORD HIGH PROFITS & PAY RECORD LOW TAXES. This is quite a win by the 300,000 people (.1%) that pretty much run the show in our country. They and the corporations they own are making the most possible money while at the same time avoiding paying their fair share …
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