d2r: poverty in the US

poverty in the US

A New York Times article from a few days ago on the increase in poverty in the US. One million new poor, and a wider gap between rich and poor. Not unexpected in a recession, but still something that makes you think. If Capitalism doesn't work in the US, its highest exponent, where then? Capitalism works for some things though, and anyway we don't have a better alternative yet. We have to keep looking.

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Posted by diego on September 30 2002 at 1:13 AM

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I agree. Capitalism is still the best system out there, but we need to find something new which lets humans work harder and acheive more while regulating all the things that are wrong today.

Posted by: bett at September 30, 2002 4:19 AM

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living, and the get rich theory of life."
Theodore Roosevelt

Posted by: Evan Oliver at December 3, 2003 9:13 PM