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Thread #99746   Message #2038492
Posted By: Dickey
29-Apr-07 - 03:27 AM
Thread Name: BS: Poverty in the USA
Subject: RE: BS: Poverty in the USA
"right now the only factories that are being built by "Boss Hog" are in Idia or Pakistan"

12 new US factories was all I could fit on one screen. How many do you want Bobert? Do you want some built in countries other than India and Pakistan? How many do you want?

Where has the revolution you want done anything for the people? The only one I can think of that did any good was the American Revolutionary War / War of Independance which you are benefitting from right now but you don't appreciate it. You must have some huge shoulders to carry that chip on.

Portugal is by far the closest a country has come to actually having fully implemented such a system. This is because the Portuguese government made a guaranteed minimum income a legally enshrined right for the entire population in 1997. The policy remains at present. However, their income security policy is rather residualist, with an amount guaranteed well below the poverty line, and other income security policies such as the minimum wage are thus still in place as a consequence. The system also forces participants to attend social integration sessions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaranteed_minimum_income

15% of adults and 19% of children live in poverty across the EU. There are, of course, significant differences between member states, with child poverty as low as six or seven per cent in Sweden and Finland, going up to 27% in Portugal and 26% in Ireland.
http://www.povertyalliance.org/html/publications/briefings/Briefing02-Europe.pdf


The U.S. State of Alaska has a system which guarantees each citizen a share of the state's oil revenues (see Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend). Those greedy oil companies strike again with a strangle hold on the poor folks.

Has Boss Hog Builders, Inc taken any work from you?