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scottw · 12-10-2011, 07:14 AM

just a snippet....

You know, a few years after World War II, a child who was born into poverty had a slightly better than 50-50 chance of becoming middle class as an adult. By 1980, that chance had fallen to around 40 percent. And if the trend of rising inequality over the last few decades continues, it’s estimated that a child born today will only have a one-in-three chance of making it to the middle class -- 33 percent (in cities like Providence currently, seventy percent of children in Providence schools perform below grade-level in math and more than half are below grade-level in reading despite spending $15,305 per pupil. Is this a failure of rich people to pay their taxes or a failure of goverment and which of the two has a greater effect in keeping these children out of the middle class???
It’s heartbreaking enough that there are millions of working families in this country who are now forced to take their children to food banks for a decent meal. actually Obama, spend a little time in a grocery store, my family is very selective about what we buy and don't buy but if you want to see who is not...note who is using your EBT cards at the grocery store and what they are buying and wearing and driving ..."46.3 million Americans receiving food stamps in September,"

But the idea that those children might not have a chance to climb out of that situation and back into the middle class, no matter how hard they work? That’s inexcusable. It is wrong. (Applause.) It flies in the face of everything that we stand for.ummmm, aren't you from Chicago?...what is the drop out rate in Chicago???...poverty rate in Chicago???....
"In Chicago alone, 37% of adults have low or limited literacy skills. That’s more than 1 in 3 people in this city who are functioning without the basic skill set that many of us take for granted." Is that a failure of the rich not paying their fair share or massive corrupt government and a trend where individuals are happy to rely on governemnt rather than themselves because they are encouraged to do so????? (Applause.)

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scottw Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 12,632	just a snippet.... You know, a few years after World War II, a child who was born into poverty had a slightly better than 50-50 chance of becoming middle class as an adult. By 1980, that chance had fallen to around 40 percent. And if the trend of rising inequality over the last few decades continues, it’s estimated that a child born today will only have a one-in-three chance of making it to the middle class -- 33 percent (in cities like Providence currently, seventy percent of children in Providence schools perform below grade-level in math and more than half are below grade-level in reading despite spending $15,305 per pupil. Is this a failure of rich people to pay their taxes or a failure of goverment and which of the two has a greater effect in keeping these children out of the middle class??? It’s heartbreaking enough that there are millions of working families in this country who are now forced to take their children to food banks for a decent meal. actually Obama, spend a little time in a grocery store, my family is very selective about what we buy and don't buy but if you want to see who is not...note who is using your EBT cards at the grocery store and what they are buying and wearing and driving ..."46.3 million Americans receiving food stamps in September," But the idea that those children might not have a chance to climb out of that situation and back into the middle class, no matter how hard they work? That’s inexcusable. It is wrong. (Applause.) It flies in the face of everything that we stand for.ummmm, aren't you from Chicago?...what is the drop out rate in Chicago???...poverty rate in Chicago???.... "In Chicago alone, 37% of adults have low or limited literacy skills. That’s more than 1 in 3 people in this city who are functioning without the basic skill set that many of us take for granted." Is that a failure of the rich not paying their fair share or massive corrupt government and a trend where individuals are happy to rely on governemnt rather than themselves because they are encouraged to do so????? (Applause.) Last edited by scottw; 12-10-2011 at 07:23 AM..