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Fundamentally for a great portion of the population jobs just aren't paying enough coincidentally labor unions have also declined significantly. Hmm I wonder if giving management more power has anything to do with further disenfranchisement of working people?
Public labor unions have declined because republicans hate them.
Liquor and cigarettes are dirt cheap. Housing, transportation, health insurance, and food are outrageously expensive. Blaming poverty (or in this case, other than middle class) on cigarettes and booze is ridiculous.
BTW I don't smoke or drink- at all.
Who is blaming it solely on booze and cigarettes ?
Booze however, can absolutely be the cause of someone living in poverty.
When you see those who claim to be poor and expect more welfare support, have money for booze and their cigarettes it does make you wonder how bad off they really are?
How does not having children on a large scale change the underlying issue of collapsed wages?
Among the low-income who are dependent on public assistance? Low levels of academic achievement, career placement (including work skills), and socioeconomic level are all correlated to poverty. Lowering the birth rate among those on public assistance to be on par with those NOT on public assistance would actually REMOVE the downward pressure on wages.
Income inequality is THE issue that'll ultimately cause the most unrest in the USA if it isn't addressed in some way to alleviate the unjustified overaccumulation of resources by the already wealthy.
The "unjust overaccumulation of resources by the wealthy" is caused by over-reproduction of the poor.
As I've already stated, women who receive public assistance, as a group, have a birth rate 3 times higher than women (with or without partners) who support themselves and their children without having to take public assistance.
Naturally, the outcome is going to appear as if wealth is concentrating, because it IS. The reason? Over-reproduction among the poor is weighting the scale at the bottom.
Fundamentally for a great portion of the population jobs just aren't paying enough coincidentally labor unions have also declined significantly. Hmm I wonder if giving management more power has anything to do with further disenfranchisement of working people?
Your Socialist jargon (labor unions, "working people") pegs you as a follower. Somewhere along the line you got bad advice about who is responsible for your success. We see plenty of people here that think they are owed the basics without any effort on thir part. Your link only proves how many took this path of laziness. Too bad.
The Greatest Generation were mostly born into poverty.
You mean the generation that overtly practised racism?
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