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Originally Posted by jonathan
I think the point of the poster's argument is to bring to light the MASSIVE gap between the rich and the poor in this country. Despite the fact that the United States is the richest country in the world, it still faces issues that some of the poorest countries face, even though there is plenty of money within the economy to fix it. Instead of that money circulating fairly throughout the nation, it is concentrated in the upper echelons, leaving some in dire conditions that are nearly impossible to get out of. A "shut up and be happy" attitude is exactly why these problems aren't being fixed. It really comes down to whether you want to be realistic and put food and people's bellies, or cling to the American dream.
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I am very aware of the realisticness of the gap of classes here. I've lived in both the middle and lower classes. It's not fun being poor. But I can also tell you there are a lot of ways to put food on the table, whether you earned it on your own or not. There's food drives, soup kitchens, and lots and lots of churches that give away food for free. Me and my mom hit up all of them on the weekend. But I can also agree with you here when you say the economy and the government has a BIG part to play in these things. I hope to jeebus that Obama fixes the gaps and holes in the currenty economy before it gets worse and we hit another great depression... sucks that we're already on the road to such a thing.