Friday, December 15, 2017

UN Investigates US Poverty

A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America

The UN’s Philip Alston is an expert on deprivation – and he wants to know why 41m Americans are living in poverty. The Guardian joined him on a special two-week mission into the dark heart of the world’s richest nation.

You can read all about it @
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/15/america-extreme-poverty-un-special-rapporteur

Funny (as in strange) ... why isn't the US worried about the poverty of its own people?

And this is NOT a Democrat vs. Republican issue. None of "our" politicians really give a damn.

Maybe what we need is blue helmets patrolling our streets and Cuban doctors tending to our sick and infirm. I'd be OK with that if it would really help.

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