Comments on: U.S. Working Poor On The Rise, Says Report

Poverty-Level Jobs Increased By 4.7 Million Between 2002 and 2006, According To New Analysis

[carlylaine]

It''s the Democrats that wanted us to bail out the rich WALL STREET guys....vote them out! All they want to do is raise taxes. AND KEEP THE POOR VERY POOR. Reagan''s trickle down theory worked. It worked very well..the libs turned it...go back to the way Reagan had it and things will straighten themselves. Otherwise, you''ll have more of the same no matter if you''re a Repub or a Dem.

[brianbwb-2009]

Posted by Machineguy

Still blaming the victims, the "illegal migrant workers" take jobs for which greedy employers refuse to pay a decent wage.

Let us look at the cost for a family of four.

$41K = $3416.66
- 1500.00 (rent or mortgage)
- 854.00 (federal income tax)
- 543.80 (basic food cost, thrifty schedule)
- 430.00 (average monthly car note)
- 350.00 (average gasoline costs)
- 250.00 (average home energy cost)
- 280.00 (average state income tax)
- 180.00 (average for 2 children to attend
school)
- 70.00 (auto insurance)

So even before such "luxuries" as TV, phone, life and health insurance, city and municipal taxes we are already at $4457.80, so it defies your logic that that is somehow a living wage, you must assume that you can get away with not paying these bills.

$-1041.00 per month, soon you are $-12501.60 for the year. You have a distinctly Bush/McSame Republican view that you can run a deficit forever, and it will never catch up to you.

[deckardbr]

It sure doesn''''t look like that old "trickle-down theory" worked very well, does it?

Posted by sun247 at 12:27 AM : Oct 15, 2008

Wrong. It worked perfectly. Money trickled down from Nelson Rockefeller to David Rockefeller, just like it was supposed to.

[McHineguy]

From th enews article: "The report defines a low-income working family as those earning less than TWICE the Census definition of poverty." (emphisis added)

Why not THREE times, maybe FOUR? Figures dont lie, liars figure. Lets be honest here, $41,000 is a living wage in many states. AVERAGE wages are down in some states (New Mexico?) because they have become havens for illegal aliens who often work cheap and lower the overall wage structure.

I know its fun to bash the politicians but lets not hide the truth from ourselves. We cant fix it if we cant understand it. McCain cant, Obama cant, no one can if we dont first understand. Shut off the lies and the anger that divide us and try to understand so we can unite and fix our country.

[dburfears]

McCain:

"If they are poor then they deserve to die if they cannot afford health care!"

"Working poor?" "We need to take care of the Working Rich!"

"See, there are Americans who will do the work of illegal aliens!"

"Maybe I can get a few to take care of the gardens at my 7 houses and do some house cleaning!"

"Cindy wants to know if they drink Bud?"

[deckardbr]

Maybe if the poor didn''t have to bail out the rich all the time, they''d have some money.

[incog-nito]

Vote McCain for more of the same for the next 4 years.