"Under Bush, mine-safety enforcement eased"
Not only do the poor lose money under Bush, they also lose safety.

"I.R.S. Move Said to Hurt the Poor"
The IRS is picking on the poor who do nothing wrong except starve.

"New Job Opportunities In America"
The major growth industries are now prisons and garbage.

"Real terrorists rape consumers"
Why are so many Americans in debt? Are the companies collecting the money doing so legally? Usually not.

"Dollar sees largest one day slide in four years"
The dollar and our economy is falling. This is because corporations are bad for us...

"A Cancer Drug Shows Promise, at a Price That Many Can't Pay"
"When we put money in front of life, we have reached the end of days. This is a prime example
of how many cancer patients will not have access to a 100 thousand dollar cure."

"US Savings Rate Sinks to Lowest Since Great Depression"
Americans are spending more than they earn for the first time since economic chaos. Hello, Depression # 2.

"Minimum Wage Fight Sidesteps Washington"
The national minimum wage is still a measly $5.15 an hour. It's been that way for a long time. We're all slaves.

"Senate Resisting Food Aid Reforms That Could Save Money, Lives, Says Top U.S. Official"
Our tax money goes to help the wealthy, not the poor.

"World's Monetary Debt to Israel Doubles"
Israel is rich, so why do we keep giving them billions a year?

"CURRENCIES: Dollar Tumbles Against Major Currencies Ahead Of Fed"
The dollar is falling. Our economy is falling.

"UN Highlights Desperate Plight of World's Invisible Children"
Hundreds of millions of children across the world are suffering from exploitation and abuse?

News Clip: McDermott's Christmas Stockings
Democrat McDermott is fighting for the poor! At least someone realizes (and/or cares) about the bogus "tax cuts" for the rich.

"Debate over Tax Cuts Centers on the Rich"
For those of you too stupid to realize this by now... what is good for the corporations is NOT good for us and our economy. Our economy is NOT doing well. Therefore giving more tax cuts to these rich companies is not going to help anyone. If your intention is to screw all the poor and middle class, then by all means.

"Venezuela Touts Cheap Fuel to US as Bush Takes Heat"
Hugo Chavez is trying to tell America he is offering to give the American poor cheap oil.

"Racial Poverty Gaps in U.S. Amount to Human Rights Violation, Says U.N. Expert"
Much poverty and human rights abuse in America, but the Government does nothing about it yet says they try to help the poor in other areas.
"If the United States government designed and implemented the policies according to human rights standards much of the problem of poverty could be resolved"

"Foreign inflows drive dollar"
Good news or bad news? Our economy is now being sustained largely to debts owed to Asia. If they cash in at once.....

"Discontinuance of M3"
FROM ANOTHER SOURCE: 'M3 is the estimate of the total money supply. That they plan to stop reporting this number signals the US is entering a stage of hyper inflation, which will be hidden from the public as long as possible. [Desperate] to hang onto a GOP Congress, I expect Bush will flood the nation with money next year to make the economy look good.'

"Bush Borrowed More Than All Previous Presidents Combined, Group Says"
Why is our economy going to hell? You can thank our president... and he'll repay you by cutting social programs to borrow more.

"Iran - a threat to the petrodollar?"
Iran changing their oil currency from the dollar to the Euro... which hurts the American dollar even more. Iraq did the same in 2000, and we waged war with them....

"Budget for U.S. spying slips out — $44 billion"
From another source: "$44 billion buys a lot of informants among the citizens. It buys a lot of media people willing to purvey the government's lies as news. It buys a lot of teachers willing to encourage students to join the military. It buys a lot of undercover operatives willing to infiltrate and wreck peace movements. It buys a lot of public relations firms to go out and load up Internet discussion boards with pro-government nonsense. Just think about the vast network of domestic operatives $44 billion buys. Sound like a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, or does it does like something between Nazi Germany and the USSR?"

"New Fed Boss Called 'Insane Fan Of Inflation'"
Our new Federal Reserve Chairman...not so good. Say hello to more inflation and poverty.

"New York's HIV experiment"
Poor, HIV carrying kids in New York are being used as guinea pigs for some nasty drugs with serious side effects... and there's nothing they can do about it without the money.

"Rich Senators Defeat Minimum-Wage Hike"
Republicans don't seem to want to increase minimum wage and help our own nation recover from immense poverty.

"US poor set to lose food stamps"
They seem to also like cutting food stamps for the 12% of Americans who need them.

"Taking Aim at Oil's Riches"
Oil companies getting even richer thanks to the wars and the ridiculous amounts we pay.

"NAFTA let me break it down"
Learn about NAFTA. About how everything is worse now thanks to "free trade."

"Exxon Mobil Posts New Record for Profit"
TO ANYONE WHO BELIEVES OIL PRICES ARE THIS WAY BECAUSE OF WAR, TERRORISTS, ETC.:
No. Just no. It should be 10 cents a gallon. Read and weep. Please weep.

"U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK"
If all the countries call in the debt at once, economy is ruined, then they could attack and kill us...whee.

"U.S. Labor Is in Retreat as Global Forces Squeeze Pay and Benefits"
Struggling employees of working families are forced to take more cuts in their pay and benefits, and yet, the executives and the ones who don't suffer do not have to take a cut.
I thought Bush said the economy has been improving? Did I mentioned minimum wage should be about $25?

"Poverty Campaigners Take On War Spending"
The whole world, including America, is full of poverty-stricken people who consequently are stripped of basic civil rights... yet we'd rather spend our money on weapons.... ignorance, or to maintain control?

"GAS Bill Wouldn't Lower Prices, Just Raise Profits, Say Green Groups"
More profits for the oil companies who charge $2 too much for gas per gallon as it is.

"The pay's lousy, but the slop is free"
America using 3rd worlders to do dirty jobs in Iraq for less than minimum wage, and pathetic treatment.

"Oil reserve comparisons"
AND
"THE OIL RESERVE FALLACY"
Where the oil of the world REALLY lies.

"Filings Soar Before Bankruptcy Law Takes Effect"
Government making it even harder to get federal debt relief for poor, so many claim bankruptcy before they can't anymore.

"Congress Seeks to Cut Food Aid for Poor"
Bush's party seeks to cut money/food from the poor (in order to pay the rich more money). "US Poverty: Chronic Ill, Little Hope for Cure"
Why won't the Bush administration declare war on poverty- an ever-growing problem in the United States?

"Breton: Greenspan worried about deficit"-9/24/05
The Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan admits: the American economy sucks to all hell and it getting worse.

"If it's freedom and success 'they' hate, why aren't 'they' attacking Norway?"-9/21/05
1. The U.S. is one big hypocrite.
2. If "terrorists" are against "freedom" and a good life, why aren't they attacking Norway? 3. Norway is the best place to live.

"China Income Gap Between Rich and Poor Provoking Alarm, Reports Say"-9/20/05
China's gap between rich and poor is becoming closer and closer to that of America.

"New Bankruptcy Law Could Sink Katrina Survivors - Lawmakers, Rights Groups"-9/15/05
New law makes it harder for poor Americans to seek bankruptcy protection.

"EPA Rule Loopholes Allow Pesticide Testing on Kids"-9/15/05
The Environmental Protection Agency allows pesticide testing on poor/neglected kids.

"VIDEO: Earwitness tells ABC explosives blew Industrial Canal levee"9/12/05
Were the levees near the poor sections blown up on purpose to save the wealthy?
> <br > "New Orleans tragedy: The 17th street levee was bombed"-9/9/05
More evidence suggesting that a levee was purposely bombed to kill the poor to save the wealthy.

"Memos Show Oil Companies Closed Refineries To Hike Profits"-9/07/05
Explanation of one reason gas prices are so high.

"Happy Labor Day, comrades"-9/4/05
"..the Center for American Progress calculate that if the ratio of CEO-to-worker pay had remained the same as it was in 1990, 301-to-one, the lowest-paid workers in the United States would be making $23.03 an hour." And NO, that wouldn't create inflation.

"Governments will have to take the lead in building some 96,150 housing units per day if the world hopes to avert a massive urban crisis in the near future."

The dollar is going extinct? Why we should all put our money into gold..

"The world has the knowledge, resources and technology to end extreme poverty, but time is running out." Why is this? Mostly because of America. We're too good for the UN I guess.

The U.N. recognizes the problems in and with America. Many of us are as poor as those in third-world countries!

More about poverty and needless death around the world.

Bush cutting the wages of those who most need it right now!

Bush using Katrina as an excuse to give the rich corporations more money.
It should be obvious by now why there are still so many poor in our country.

(one of)The reasons for the war in Iraq.. and soon in Iran, Syria, etc. (if they can get away with it) Petro-dollars turning into petro-euros.