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Poverty

Quantess

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1. But some people blame that on the liberals.

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2011, 02:51 PM

Dec 2011

They have been fed the theory that liberals have corroded the fabric of family values, allowed those uppity blacks to be a little too uppity, the tree huggers put too many restrictions on industry, etc, so therefore the middle class is disappearing.

Confused, misguided people vote republican.

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One in five American children is growing up in poverty today. [View all] Scuba Dec 2011 OP

But some people blame that on the liberals. Quantess Dec 2011 #1

It would be interesting to see a chart showing the growth of poverty in the last 30 years - the jwirr Dec 2011 #2

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