Is there really a war on the poor?

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If the proletariat eventually gets fed up with its losses, some of the rich b*****s might get guillotined eventually. They had better not get too smug.

A few little crumbs, like Social Security and Obamacare, may actually serve to protect their status and avoid a revolution.

Is there a war on the poor? If you define war as two organisations involved in armed conflict as I do, then no.

Is there an extremely negative attitude towards the poor, possibly brought on by worsening economic conditions, I defiantly believe so.

The funny thing is: through the magic of Fox Noise and Hate Radio, the Rich have recruited legions of poor but amazingly stupid citizens to their side.

Oh, I'm so sick of this "the war on" everything. I don't think Obama would know a war if it bit him on the ass! He'd be too busy apologizing to declare war.

But are things harder for the poor? Yep. I'm poor right now and things are harder for me. I've been in this shape for a while and things have always been hard. Do I think the government and society are out to get us? Nope, I don't. Sure, Fox News b*****s about us and says all kinds of stupid ass things but so what? Their target audience feels that way. They take the stance they do for ratings.

Businesses are putting their money behind the Tea Party Repugnicans

http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-u-busine ... ector.html

The World Bank Organization describes poverty in this way:

“Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time.

Poverty has many faces, changing from place to place and across time, and has been described in many ways. Most often, poverty is a situation people want to escape. So poverty is a call to action -- for the poor and the wealthy alike -- a call to change the world so that many more may have enough to eat, adequate shelter, access to education and health, protection from violence, and a voice in what happens in their communities.”

So, with that in mind, who are these poor that the war is being waged against?

In other news, did you know that UK only made slavery a crime in 2010? even though in 1807, 25 March: Abolition of the Slave Trade Act abolishes slave trading in British Empire. Captains fined £120 per slave transported.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_ ... y_timeline

empirically speaking, in the US processed animal fats and corn sugar are the cheapest and least healthy food items available for purchase. That's kind of mean.