Sunday, July 28, 2013

We're screwed as a country

"80 percent of U.S. adults face near-poverty, unemployment, survey finds"
Nationwide, the count of America's poor remains stuck at a record number: 46.2 million, or 15 percent of the population, due in part to lingering high unemployment following the recession. While poverty rates for blacks and Hispanics are nearly three times higher, by absolute numbers the predominant face of the poor is white. More than 19 million whites fall below the poverty line of $23,021 for a family of four, accounting for more than 41 percent of the nation's destitute, nearly double the number of poor blacks.
Stop the fucking bus. I want off this son-of-a-bitch.