Welcome America!

I feel like some of the other places in the world should hold up signs like that all over.

I was looking at the news the other night and they were covering living condition in the West Bank(Palestine), people in Darfur, people struggling in Iraq, and people in New Orleans. For the most part I could tell no difference at all.
It seems some kind of ironic justice for the American populace. Maybe that's not quite right, but what I do mean is that people in that area are really getting a taste of what hundreds of places around the world deal with every day, every year, for their entire lives. And unlike the people of the Big Easy they have no parent government who is bailing them out, looking for their best interests etc.

And never in my life have I seen a bigger bunch of complainers. It's like the handout mentality all over again. "Why isn't the government doing for me what I should be able to do for myself?" Boo hoo hoo... People in other nations have been refugees their ENTIRE LIVES. What the hell are you complaining about?

And get ready refugee states, your are going to be stuck with the detritus of those affected areas. They have no means with which to "start over." The poor and unemployed are going to cast themselves like leavings on the shores of every other surrounding town and state. Steel yourselves and your welfare programs.

Meanwhile the nation deals with a poverty increase. Now keep in mind that this is poverty, not just someone who is poor, OR on welfare. The actual percentage of that is .2%--but keep in mind that means 1.1 MILLION people are NEW to poverty in the last YEAR. Now don't get me wrong, I am not so moon eyed as to think there is such a society where poverty does not exist. Human failure, human nature, and greed will always see to that. However, the trend we are missing is that it is on the rise. And we must take into consideration that, as I said these are not the working poor, which society MUST HAVE in order to function. These instead are the working poverty, which are a burden on every facet of functional government. Unemployment has peaked at somewhere near 6%, yet poverty continues to be on the rise.

This means only one thing. That the jobs people hold are not paying a LIVING wage. Right now "poverty" is anyone making less than $19,307. For fun lets divide up a salary of $20,000. Rent,$6000 (500/mo) Food $1,200 (100/mo) Car $1,800(150/mo) Clothing $600 ($50/mo. That seems like pleanty right?! Well, this is about the barest most frugal budget in the world, and for ONE person it would work out pretty ok. You COULD survive somewhere and still have something left for a movie or a night out every once in a while. Of course on top of these things most people have medical expenses which could be 8-10K a year. And the other issue is that FAMILIES are trying to survive on that income.

So we have two choices. And these choices will invigorate the economy, drive down violent crime, and increase state tax coffers and commerce.
Either A) Pay workers a living wage for family life, or B) Sterilize the poor so they will cease breeding what they cannot hope to support.

CHOOSE America. Stop nancying around and grow some balls.
Or New Orleans and the death of the poor there will be only the beginning.