“If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.”
John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage

Poverty in America

Robert Reich Explains the Economy

Tea Party Pubic Service Announcement

April 19, 2010

U.S. Inequality Index

81% increase in net worth enjoyed by top 5% of wealthiest US households between 1979-2005

1.1% decrease in net worth experienced by lowest 20% of income households during the same period

50% the amount that US worker productivity has increased since 1970 while average wages declined

$20.3 billion the amount paid out in Wall Street bonuses in 2009

38% amount of total US income growth that went to the top .1% of Americans between 1978-2008

400 number of American families whose income quintupled from $16 million to $87 million from 1992-2007

13% the average income loss experienced by American families during that same period

99 the increase in new American billionaires between 2001-2007 bringing the total to 400

18.6% the number of American families with zero net worth

17 million number of US households that experienced food insecurity in 2008

200,000 number of US veterans who are homeless on any given night

1.35 million number of US children who experience homelessness in a twelve month period

25% reduction in public housing vouchers between 1999-2006

$114 billion reduction in federal funding for affordable housing between 2004-2007

13.2 per centage of US citizens living below the official poverty level

14.4 million number of US children living below poverty level

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