Is there really a war on the poor?

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Nice article by Bill Moyers

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike- ... -democracy

Why are record numbers of Americans on food stamps? Because record numbers of Americans are in poverty. Why are people falling through the cracks? Because there are cracks to fall through. It is simply astonishing that in this rich nation more than 21 million Americans are still in need of full-time work, many of them running out of jobless benefits, while our financial class pockets record profits, spends lavishly on campaigns to secure a political order that serves its own interests, and demands that our political class push for further austerity. Meanwhile, roughly 46 million Americans live at or below the poverty line and, with the exception of Romania, no developed country has a higher percent of kids in poverty than we do. Yet a study by scholars at Northwestern University and Vanderbilt finds little support among the wealthiest Americans for policy reforms to reduce income inequality.

God help the affluent if the rest of us ever smarten up, and quit thinking that we're also just billionaires in waiting.

I think the most disturbing part of the article is "with the exception of Romania, no developed country has a higher percent of kids in poverty than we do."

As far as a "war on the poor" I think m. Romney said it best: IT'S JUST GOOD BUSINESS.

Rich people are in business to make money. The more money (and according to m.r.: tax breaks as well) the better. If stupid, slow moving people get in the way rich people will run them over or leave them in the dust. What happens to them isn't m. Romney's fault or responsibility; all he's doing is making money legally (following laws he sponsored) and government money to support him is just good for the country. He thinks people should pull themselves up by their own bootstraps like he and his kids have had to do.

Actually it is the responsibility of the government to serve the people, that includes the poor, but I suppose its just better to ignore the problem of poverty and hope it just goes away. Its probably a good thing Mit Romney didn't win the election if he thinks he's so far above social responsibility.