tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post5383037112863303459..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Oh, There's Tough History A-Comin'Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-48507181270657311612011-08-08T18:52:18.712-04:002011-08-08T18:52:18.712-04:00It is not just that the "profit" corpora...It is not just that the "profit" corporations have come from us, it then is paid back to "us" as shareholders or members of groups that hold shares. The more the government skims off the top, the less get back. <br /> <br />The GM steal-from-shareholders deal is just the most recent and best known. <br /> <br />And yes, poverty is relative to the society/conditions in which you define it. Famously, Prince Albert died because the palace drains/sewers were not up to standards of the New York slums of the 1930s.John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801684602403824157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-26865222880868723542011-08-08T15:20:26.925-04:002011-08-08T15:20:26.925-04:00This is one of those Oughta Be Required Reading po...This is one of those Oughta Be Required Reading posts. Very good stuff.<br /><br /><br /><br />tweakerSpeakerTweakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520767686388236987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-55006104348062568172011-08-08T13:00:14.710-04:002011-08-08T13:00:14.710-04:00Yeah, except that the "poor" folk living...Yeah, except that the "poor" folk living in "poverty" as defined in the US live better than most middle class Europeans. <br /><br />Significantly so. <br /><br />Look it up yerself. <br /><br />We keep re-defining "poverty" to include people who have houses, cars (generally one per adult) and cable and such.B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-47249850146040052522011-08-08T10:41:43.897-04:002011-08-08T10:41:43.897-04:00What Bobbi said.What Bobbi said.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-27151910716565623802011-08-08T09:00:07.141-04:002011-08-08T09:00:07.141-04:00Hell yes.Hell yes.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.com