Jesus f'in Christ, that is such a lame combination of "poor people are poor because they are lazy pieces of shit' and 'but Clinton'. President's get libraries in their name, would you feel better if they put it in a nice rich area so that you don't have to see the results of American greed? Who knows, maybe the placement of the library was intentional, to make sure that anyone visiting it had to see those areas.
You can visit any state in the nation and see those conditions.
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When I talked to people in the state about the conditions in the impoverished areas the general response was that the people in those conditions were almost totally dependent on government and have failed to take any individual initiative to improve their condition.
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That is such a load of bs. While it is true that the
individual can take steps to improve their lives, our economy is dependant on tens of millions who work as virtual indentured servants to the top one percent. Who are the ones that set the wages? Who is making the decision that they don't deserve proper health care? Who said that 50 hours a week is worth less than $20k/yr?
Even if every poor person woke up with a sudden burst of drive and motivation, we'd still have just as many poor people because there aren't enough good jobs out there. Someone has to do the shit jobs. It's society's obligation to ensure that those people are guaranteed a minimum standard of living. This can be done be either paying them enough that there isn't a need for govt assistance or by redistribution. I don't see CEO's and board members sacrificing the third yacht any time soon, so we end up with the latter.
Shit, 5.15/hr isn't low enough for some people, they want to end minimum wage.