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Originally Posted by shinerbock
The idea that the American poor live in abject poverty when compared to China or India or Africa is absurd. Sure, we can do a better job of helping our fellow citizens, but I think your comment reflects the true ideology of the American left.
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But America is a highly developed country and a democracy. China is not a democracy and India and Africa are still developing nations. So you really can't compare. And just look at the hunger problem that exists in staggering numbers in America -- in America! The pictures here say more than 1,000 words, but the words are heartbreaking, scroll about 1/2 way down the page and you'll find this: "
Starvation also drives many to eat dirt. Many black women in Mississippi, Alabama and North Carolina eat clay
even in the 90's according to New York Times."
http://www.american-pictures.com/roots/chapter-16.htm
Not taking responsibility for the reality of this WITHIN OUR OWN COUNTRY and instead trying to make it some figment of the "American left's" imagination only widens the gap between the haves and have nots and leaves millions of American citizens wasting away right beneath our noses.