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txrattlesnake on 21 May 2009
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Kasz216 said:
txrattlesnake said:

     For all of their talk about keeping America safe,  the Republicans almost never talk about what can be done to lift the burdens on the poor in this country or how the poor can actually be able to attain a more equal footing in America.  That is why after eight years of a keep the rich rich and do nothing at all for people that make under $50,000.00 a year president that it is so important that at this time we have a president like Barak Obama that really does want to help the poor to elevate themselves in this society.  Whether it is through placing heavier taxes on rich individuals or rich corporations in order to relieve them a bit of their excess wealth and redistribute it to the poor, Obama is the first president in eight years that wants to do something for the benefit of most Americans.

    Today The Washington Post ran a story detailing the plight of the poor in this country.  Poor people in America have to pay a larger percentage of the money that do have on necessities than richer people have to pay for similar services and very often they can't afford things like the most inexpensive automobiles that many of the wealthier citizens take for granted.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051702053.html?g=0

 

 

 

 

The division between the Rich and Poor increased more under the clinton administration then it did the Bush administration.  It's a statistically proven fact.  I've mentioned it numerous times.

In fact under Bush the division between the rich and the poor stood nearly still.  He was the best president in regards to the Gini Coefficent since WW2.

Either Bush cared... or he was so incomptent that he did the exact opposite of what he planned to do.

The moral of the story is.   Presidents rarely practice what they preach... and the "Distributing from the rich to the poor" is code for "Distributing from the rich... to other rich people that give us their money."

     You say the division between the poor and the rich increased more under Clinton than Bush.  However, that might not be the proper question.  The proper question might be how affordable were basic services under Clinton in comparison to how affordable they were under Bush.  It seems that I remember paying $1.00 for gasoline under Clinton but at one point in time more than $4.00 for gasoline under Bush.  I also remember one plan that Bush had where he wanted to make it impossible for patients to sue doctors for medical malpractice.  I don't remember such idiotic plans being proposed under Clinton.

     Well if it was standing still then that means there weren't that many poor people raising up to join the upper classes under Bush.

     Obama's plan is to redistribute the wealth to aid the poor.  It is true that he faces much opposition from the wealthy in this endeavor.