--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On numerous occasions I have claimed on this forum that > > poverty > > > > > doesn't exist in America. > > > > > > > > > > This article is one of the reasons I continually say this. > A > > > U.N. > > > > > report about a very basic necessity of life -- basic > > sanitation - > > > - > > > > > was just released by the U.N. Virtually no mention of the > > U.S. > > > or > > > > > Canada...but some 2.6 billion people in the world ARE in > need > > of > > > > > this very basic necessity of life. > > > > > > > > > > It is an insult to the genuinely poor of the world to > > > continually > > > > > harp and whine about America's poor when there is NOT any > > > poverty -- > > > > > ZERO! -- in America.>> > > > > > > > > ROFLMAO ! > > > > Very stupid. > > > > Ever heard of 12 million illegal immigrants, without whom the > US > > > > economy would collapse, and you would be begging for food in > the > > > > streets, and they have no rights. They are put untrained into > > > jobs, > > > > where they have accidents , or get killed. The body is then > > > shipped > > > > off to their family or some associates, and a new replacement > > > slave is > > > > brought in to also go into the job untrained. Most accidents > in > > > work > > > > occur on farms and in construction. These are where these > > > immigrants > > > > mostly work. Also, the biggest cause of cancer in the > > > > world?....working as a laboror on a farm (exposed to raw > > > pesiticides > > > > etc.). > > > > The average poor person in Afghanisthan is way better off than > > the > > > > average slave in America. > > > > Your slaves have no choice but to come from Mexico and work on > a > > > farm > > > > there, because there is no work on farms in Mexico because a > > > mexican > > > > farmer, who is mostly unsubsidised, cannot compete with > American > > > > farmers, who are mostly subsidised by the US government. > Without > > > these > > > > government subsidies (paid for in large part by tax revenue > from > > > arms > > > > sales around the world) your farmers would go bankrupt > > overnight, > > > and > > > > you would be begging on the streets. > > > > > > > > Wake up. > > > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > > > > > > > Although many of the social programs and laws that have gone > > towards > > > eliminating poverty in America certainly apply to illegal > > > immigrants, many do not. Also, census reports and statistics > will > > > not applay either. > > > > > > So if what you report above is, indeed, true, it is true outside > > the > > > legal framework and, certainly, the USA can't be blamed for it. > > > > > > If you feel better, I will amend what I wrote originally and say > > > that what I claim applies only to legal residents of the USA.>>> > > > > > > I think you need to re-read the post. You're not getting it. > > You have millions of slaves in your country that are forced to > come > > here because of US government subsidies for US farmers...money > that > > US goverment gaines in large part by by tax revenue from arms > sales > > around the world . Arms sales for the US (and Britain) is probably > > one of the biggest businesses for the US, and it is expedient for > > the US economy that there is always a conflict or two somewhere. > The > > US government subsidises farms in the US, almost all of which > would > > be bankrupt without these subsidies , so the Mexican farmer cannot > > possibly compete as a farmer, so he cannot employ any farm workers > > (even though the land is can grow many produce commodoties), so > the > > Mexican workers go to where they can get some work of sorts...they > > go to the US, where they are used as slaves to prop up the US > > economy and without which the US economy would flounder, even with > > the arms sales, and the goverment would be kicked out on their > asses > > by the people (same in Europe by the way). > > > > So how can you go around saying there is no poverty in US when > there > > are millions of slaves, and a US government farm policy that > > promotes and bolsters that situation and uses tax dollars to do it. > > > > OffWorld > > > > Most of your post I won't dignify with a response.>>
Cop-out on your part in order to continue with your illusion about the US. > But I will agree with you about the subsidies, which are a horrible > thing and, yes, they do horrible damage to third world countries.>> Oh good. Thats a start. OffWorld To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
