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To: D.Austin who wrote (757956)	12/15/2013 1:44:27 PM
From: koan	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577900

I think I could call myself a social scientist of sorts ,given my education and experience. I have a masters in public administration and three times in my life designed and implemented large statewide social programs. In biography. I think the word zombie is right on the mark for those who would support stupid wars (military industrial complex) and the war on the poor. I just heard we are #1 in the industrialized world in creating low paying jobs. Worse than Greece. It sickens me to see all this poverty. I know something about poverty and it is horrible and no need for it in a rich country like ours, except the plutocrats have control and would like to pay the workers nothing if they could. And it drives me crazy that the right wing middle class can't see they are being played for suckers by the rich.

To: D.Austin who wrote (757956)	12/15/2013 5:49:31 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577900

Good point, when your comparing the US to many of these countries, your comparing a much larger and more diverse country to in many cases a country with less people than our largest cities. Compare the US to some country or group of countries that are also very large. China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Russia, the eight most populous countries other than the US, are also very unequal. OK but aren't those all less developed countries? But no rich nation is near the US in population. However the EU (with more people and a larger economy in total than the US) has a similar level of inequality to the US. And someone at the 10th percentile in the US (reasonably described as poor in relative terms) has more purchasing power than their equivalent in any of those other places, including the EU.