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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Road Walker who wrote (205080)10/5/2004 11:37:01 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1578563
 
How come the rich are getting much richer and the poverty level is skyrocketing?

The rich getting richer is a good thing. If they are not getting richer chances are the econonmy as a whole isn't. The poverty level isn't skyrocketing.

How come the working poor can't make ends meet?

Because they are poor. That pretty much is defined as people who have dificulty making ends meet financially. The poor always have had dificulties making ends meet. In the past (and in some places even today) that might mean wondering how they are going to avoid starvation. Now it might mean wondering how they are going to make their next car payment or paying their basic cable TV bill on time. Even though these people probably don't pay income taxes, a raise in income taxes is just going to make life more difficult for many of them.

Tim
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