Poverty In America

Again, we have programs that have and do help those people.

Why does every one think the U.S. doesn't have ways in place to help when we've had them since the 70's. Laws have been refined even more since then. States did a better job than the feds until they decided to try taking it over.

Again, no one knows my yard but they complain about it a lot.

It's not a Trump thread lou.

It's another you started a blog knowing so much with so little information....again.


Explain Canada's poverty rate. Less than 40 million population, roughly 9-10% poverty rate. With that difference in numbers, shouldn't it be more around 1-2%?

Jenny, I work with a person from one of those tribes in Canada.

I avoid listening to him when he starts describing some of the conditions on the reservation. And some of the other places he used to frequent too.

I do listen to him when he's talking about tapping trees for sap to make syrup and such. He's pretty happy go lucky over all, but only visits Canada because he doesn't want to live there.

The U.S. educational system is another major issue. That system does need an over haul. Actually, it would better if it digressed back to the days when we had to carry a 1/2 dozen books or more to do our home work and prepare for class the next day. Year round is starting to catch on more but it's not there yet.

That's not how he describes it.

Which why I have a hard time listening. That's why he's chosen to be where he's at. They have choices too. Maybe more so since they have at least two environments to choose from. Their tribe, or the country they choose to make a go of things in. Some choose both.

I'm aware of their governing system. My Great Grandfather was forced out of his tribe for marrying a white woman. Actually, she was an Irish immigrant then.

I could have learned a lot from him as far as nature, farming, customs, etc. I didn't get to spend much time with him. It would have been nice to listen to what he might have had to say.

My direction was taken away from the area(a by product of being a minor child). My decision was made before my adult years. A heritage left in the past so I could move forward.

Loulou,

Some people complain about people on welfare, food stamps, cheap to free health care for low income people, about minimum wages, SSDI and so on.

What they don't think about is how much WASTEFUL SPENDING the governments do.
In my years in telecommunications as well as advertising, I've witnessed it.

Many, many, thousands, more, Agencies funded by our taxes, or partially funded by them, have wasted money foolishly. I've seen, we all have known, most agencies, if granted $500. and they don't spend at all at the end of their fiscal year.. they start spending it on stuff they don't need. Because they don't want to tell the governments that they don't need that much next year.

Even schools do it. I knew of a school that bought lots of computers for the kids. Two weeks before the first day of school, because of some little program unacceptable on the computers. The new computers were all put away in a warehouse for auction in a few years. They did not ask for refunds or exchanges. They just bought all new computers.

Politicians, Governers, Senators, Presidents and such. They all make MORE money in retirement, when they're out of office, than they did while IN office.

LOTS of money being thrown away, that could be used to help people who really need it, instead.

Rents are too high here in Central California. Lots of apartments and houses are VACANT, office rentals vacant too, because they refuse to lower their rent. If companies can buy items cheaper in bulk. Why cant places rent a little cheaper and fill all or most of their vacancies?

A person making minimum wage may want to buy a car or a TV. They see the price, it's a little too high for them. As soon as they get a minimum wage or wage hike, they go back looking for that same car or TV, only to find, it went up in price again, and out of their range.

Just as the earth we walk on depends on the skies above, and the plants and everything. So, do we all depend on each other to help each other to make this world a better place.

CORRECTION:

Many, many, thousands, more, Agencies funded by our taxes, or partially funded by them, have wasted money foolishly. I've seen, we all have known, most agencies, if granted $500,000 and they don't spend at all at the end of their fiscal year.. they start spending it on stuff they don't need. Because they don't want to tell the governments that they don't need that much next year.