America is the greatest country in the world....at entrepreneurial innovation. But WalMart sized companies, big banks, and patent laws are trying to bring this to an end. We are not the greatest in democratic representation, health, access to doctors, lifespan, psychological well being, rates of happiness, freedom, learning, or civic engagement. And our poorest live in a country that is as bad off as the poorest in Congo and Mongolia and live on less than the poorest in Haiti and Afghanistan. My Christian friends: what would Jesus do, indeed! "The bottom 1 percent in the U.S. live on an income that is one six-hundredth of the average for the richest 1 percent of Americans. They live on less than the average GDP per capita of a low-income country such as Afghanistan, Mozambique, or Haiti. And they live at or below the national poverty lines of such countries as Ghana, Congo, and Mongolia. Despite living in one of the richest countries in the world, the bottom 1 percent of Americans see incomes below the global median."
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:23:21 +0000