Only in America can the rich get richer and the rest get the shaft

Photo H/T Ghetto America~PICTURES OF "GHETTO AMERICA" I HAVE FOUND ON THE WEB THAT DRAWS UP DEEP FEELING AND/OR EMOTION OF URBAN LIFE IN AMERICA. Check them out, they are a must see revelation of the very real the human condition of our fellow human beings in The United States of America, the land of the free and home of the brave. with liberty and justice for all.

In a previous post I questioned if it were true poor, black people in Dothan, Alabama were being charged a 10% for...well being black and poor. At this point I haven't been able to determine if it's true or not in Dothan, but I have discovered America's poor are asked to pay more yet sacrifice the most, at the same time they are being told it's their own damn fault they are poor.

Poor people pay more for food. H/T ED

The unfortunate result is that Boston's poorest citizens must pay higher prices for lower-quality food to the few local grocers, or travel great distances outside their community, often without access to a car, to find a decent supermarket. It also means that local employment, retail jobs that are often a stepping stone to more meaningful careers, are few and far between, which contributes to high unemployment in the black community.

Poor folks don't need no stinking legal services in America!

Two years after the North Mississippi Rural Legal Services laid off workers, slashed wages up to 19 percent, and eliminated needed programs for the poor, the agency is now shutting down its office in the region's largest city and eliminating a unit that handles public benefits issues.

The rich deserve access to quality, affordable health care, the rest...not so much.

Let's look at The Inequality of "Trickle Down" economics the republicans promote and their base are stoopid enough to vote for, because they care more about keeping poor women from getting an abortion, keeping gays from getting married, sending them there illegals, back to Mexico and keeping black folks in their place than they do their self interest.

In before tax income, the richest 1% have seen their income rise by an average of nearly $2 million since 1980 while the income of the bottom 80% has not risen at all. And in after tax income, the top 1% has seen an income rise of about 130%, while the income of the bottom 80% has actually fallen. It's quite obvious that nothing is "trickling down". The worst part is that the Republicans don't seem to care about anyone but the richest 1%, because they continue to push the same failed "trickle-down" economic policy.

You won't see it on TeeVee, but THIS is what the Occupation is about.

I think, myself, uh, as well as many other people, would like to see a little but more economic justice or social justice—Jesus stuff—as far as feeding the poor, health care for the sick. You know, I find it really entertaining that people like to hold the Bill of Rights up while they’re screaming at gay soldiers, but they just can’t wrap their heads around the idea that a for-profit health care system doesn’t work. So, let’s just look at it like this, if we want the President to do more, let’s talk to him on a level that actually reaches people, instead of asking for his birth certificate and wasting time with total nonsense like Solyndra. Jesse LaGreca aka Ministry of Truth