Even Alex Jones Knows All of the Poor Aren't Lazy (wage, statistics)
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There are a lot of posts here basically blaming the poor for their plight, calling them too lazy to work, etc. But there is a large class of working poor in the US who, despite their best efforts, are steadily losing ground. Even Alex Jones knows it - this is actually very good:
Sounds like an accurate description of what haapens when Democrats implement economic plans. People get more poor.
He points out it's been happening for decades:
#13 Back in 1980, less than 30% of all jobs in the United States were low income jobs. Today, more than 40% of all jobs in the United States are low income jobs.
He talks about jobs being outsourced - both parties to blame for that.
Our big corporations continue to ship huge numbers of good paying manufacturing jobs out of the country, and millions of Americans have been forced to scramble to find whatever work is available. Today, there are so many very talented American workers that are trapped in low wage work. According to the Working Poor Families Project, “about one-fourth of adults in low-income working families were employed in just eight occupations, as cashiers, cooks, health aids, janitors, maids, retail salespersons, waiters and waitresses, or drivers.” A lot of those people could do so much more for society, but they don’t have the opportunity.
He talks about the growing divide between rich and poor - and he knows it's a bad thing that is happening to people who are doing all they can to stay afloat:
#20 In 1989, the debt to income ratio of the average American family was about 58 percent. Today it is up to 154 percent.
#21 According to the Economic Policy Institute, the wealthiest one percent of all Americans households on average have 288 times the amount of wealth that the average middle class American family does.
#22 In the United States today, the wealthiest one percent of all Americans have a greater net worth than the bottom 90 percent combined.
#23 According to Forbes, the 400 wealthiest Americans have more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans combined.
#24 The six heirs of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton have a net worth that is roughly equal to the bottom 30 percent of all Americans combined.
#25 Sadly, the bottom 60 percent of all Americans own just 2.3 percent of all the financial wealth in the United States.
There are a lot of posts here basically blaming the poor for their plight, calling them too lazy to work, etc. But there is a large class of working poor in the US who, despite their best efforts, are steadily losing ground. Even Alex Jones knows it - this is actually very good:
Your now looking to a guy who thinks the moon landing is fake, as well as curiosity, and who knows what other crazy things. I mean 30 years ago he would be in a loony bin and not on the internet
I just can't see this guy and his opinion as relevant to any decision.
The fact of the matter is that after WWII we were the only real economy, so the jobs were a lot easier to come by. Now you have to compete. . and if you don't have a skill/ability that puts you above India or China or Europe than YOU WON'T WORK.
So for those people the world has moved on. I say that is for the better. I didn't go to school and get a job to finance your lack of initiative to out work some guy in China just because you have a US citizenship
The only people I'm concerned about are the pre-K crowd in low income families. That needs to be mandated/required. . .to keep these kids from starting school 8 steps behind
if your an adult who doesn't have a job because the guy in China does it better/cheaper, move to China. No sympathy here.
Your now looking to a guy who thinks the moon landing is fake, as well as curiosity, and who knows what other crazy things. I mean 30 years ago he would be in a loony bin and not on the internet
So, everything he has predicted never came to pass? Wasn't he also one of the guys who exposed what really happened in Waco? He admits that back in the early days he would be in the looney bin, but lots of what he said back then is actually becoming reality. Who would have beleived or accepted drones that were capable of killing humans back in the 80's? Now it's as if it's not a big deal to the dumbed down population.
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