Excellent points. One need not be a big fan of Biden in order to acknowledge the tremendous achievements of his administration AND the challenges they faced. Taking office during a pandemic as the world was still deeply uncertain about their future. A literal coup attempt, televised for all the world to see, and a deeply antagonistic R Congress that was (is) allergic to any bipartisan efforts. I could go on! We're certainly not on stable ground yet, but we're nowhere near as shaky as we could (or historically *should*) be. Yet, I fear this may be a situation of "you don't know what you've got until it's gone" as people are too often more indignant than they are informed.
Thanks for your comment. I love your line that “people are often more indignant than they are informed.” I’ll include myself in that group—hopefully not too often!
Excellent summary of the president’s successful legislative agenda in support of strengthening the American middle class, which has been shrinking since the 1980s while the country’s richest one percent has grown disproportionately. Too many seem to forget just how much Biden has accomplished in a single term as president. Thank you for this!
Thanks Andrew. It's one thing not to agree with the substance of what President Biden had signed legislatively and the initiatives he has directed through rule making and executive orders...but not to know about it at all???
Angela is correct in stating that the entire system needs to be redesigned, but since that is not going to happen, any "temporary" bandaids are certainly welcome. I am so used to living in poverty as a senior that it is a way of life. I was floored that my SNAP benefits were reduced for 2024, then increased by $13 a month by March 2024.
Again, I agree. I happen to strongly believe that small changes lead to acceptance and then to larger changes. If one looks closely, the steps Biden has taken in the last few years are much more than bandaids, these laws and executive orders are literally re-structuring the system.
Biden has done a lot and never gets any credit for the good work he has accomplished. It is absolutely abysmal that this is an ongoing issue in an election year. If anyone thinks trump actually would do anything to alleviate poverty is laughable at best.
I totally agree. The point of this post is to highlight the Politico poll and that such a large percentage of registered voters knows exactly nothing about what this Administration has accomplished. And if you look deeper into those poll results, it shows that even if they do know about the legislation Biden has spearheaded and signed into law, they still attribute a near equal amount of accomplishment to Trump's administration. I literally beg people to search for and recognize the facts before it is too late.
I don’t see how this article explains how the “poor stay poor in America”. It’s funny how people who are not impoverished seem to deem themselves experts on poverty by regurgitating some political points. From someone who IS impoverished and living the experience, what politics has done is nothing more than a temporary band-aid. It doesn’t actually solve problems nor has the impoverished actually benefited in a way that could create real change.
The bottom line is this: the poor stay poor because we live in a hierarchy and owner class cannot maintain power over everything without an impoverished class. It’s a pyramid. Can’t have a top without a bottom.
The only way to actually resolve the issue of poverty is to literally redesign the system from triangles into circles. Torus economies, round table systems, partnership societies where business partners with nonprofits to provide for our basic needs, villages where everything is within walking distance and replacing consumption mindset with regenerative mindset.
Thanks for your comment, Angela. I do agree that the system would work better for everyone in a re-designed fashion, perhaps as you describe.. You raise a good question about how this specific post directly addresses the question: "why the poor stay poor in America". This post goes about answering it in the inverse—these are the acts, and there are many more that I did not mention, that this particular administration has done and continues to do to address the issues that cause poverty within our current system., like expanding overtime pay, higher wages, taxing the rich and corporations and putting that money into public works projects and social welfare programs, which is a redistribution of income.
I suggest that you read through at least some of my 2 1/2 years + of posts and my "About" page to learn more about my background. Although I don't make a huge deal about it, I do mention that I have indeed lived through (and continue to live through) poverty, including losing my home, applying for and fighting to get public assistance of all types, and much more. I would literally be on the street, but for the generosity of friends. I just started a job last month, and have started to very slowly pay down my extensive credit card debt—but it took many years to get that job.
Excellent points. One need not be a big fan of Biden in order to acknowledge the tremendous achievements of his administration AND the challenges they faced. Taking office during a pandemic as the world was still deeply uncertain about their future. A literal coup attempt, televised for all the world to see, and a deeply antagonistic R Congress that was (is) allergic to any bipartisan efforts. I could go on! We're certainly not on stable ground yet, but we're nowhere near as shaky as we could (or historically *should*) be. Yet, I fear this may be a situation of "you don't know what you've got until it's gone" as people are too often more indignant than they are informed.
Thanks for your comment. I love your line that “people are often more indignant than they are informed.” I’ll include myself in that group—hopefully not too often!
Thanks for the Restack, Gloria!
Excellent summary of the president’s successful legislative agenda in support of strengthening the American middle class, which has been shrinking since the 1980s while the country’s richest one percent has grown disproportionately. Too many seem to forget just how much Biden has accomplished in a single term as president. Thank you for this!
Thanks Andrew. It's one thing not to agree with the substance of what President Biden had signed legislatively and the initiatives he has directed through rule making and executive orders...but not to know about it at all???
That scares me!
Angela is correct in stating that the entire system needs to be redesigned, but since that is not going to happen, any "temporary" bandaids are certainly welcome. I am so used to living in poverty as a senior that it is a way of life. I was floored that my SNAP benefits were reduced for 2024, then increased by $13 a month by March 2024.
Again, I agree. I happen to strongly believe that small changes lead to acceptance and then to larger changes. If one looks closely, the steps Biden has taken in the last few years are much more than bandaids, these laws and executive orders are literally re-structuring the system.
Biden has done a lot and never gets any credit for the good work he has accomplished. It is absolutely abysmal that this is an ongoing issue in an election year. If anyone thinks trump actually would do anything to alleviate poverty is laughable at best.
I totally agree. The point of this post is to highlight the Politico poll and that such a large percentage of registered voters knows exactly nothing about what this Administration has accomplished. And if you look deeper into those poll results, it shows that even if they do know about the legislation Biden has spearheaded and signed into law, they still attribute a near equal amount of accomplishment to Trump's administration. I literally beg people to search for and recognize the facts before it is too late.
I don’t see how this article explains how the “poor stay poor in America”. It’s funny how people who are not impoverished seem to deem themselves experts on poverty by regurgitating some political points. From someone who IS impoverished and living the experience, what politics has done is nothing more than a temporary band-aid. It doesn’t actually solve problems nor has the impoverished actually benefited in a way that could create real change.
The bottom line is this: the poor stay poor because we live in a hierarchy and owner class cannot maintain power over everything without an impoverished class. It’s a pyramid. Can’t have a top without a bottom.
The only way to actually resolve the issue of poverty is to literally redesign the system from triangles into circles. Torus economies, round table systems, partnership societies where business partners with nonprofits to provide for our basic needs, villages where everything is within walking distance and replacing consumption mindset with regenerative mindset.
Thanks for your comment, Angela. I do agree that the system would work better for everyone in a re-designed fashion, perhaps as you describe.. You raise a good question about how this specific post directly addresses the question: "why the poor stay poor in America". This post goes about answering it in the inverse—these are the acts, and there are many more that I did not mention, that this particular administration has done and continues to do to address the issues that cause poverty within our current system., like expanding overtime pay, higher wages, taxing the rich and corporations and putting that money into public works projects and social welfare programs, which is a redistribution of income.
I suggest that you read through at least some of my 2 1/2 years + of posts and my "About" page to learn more about my background. Although I don't make a huge deal about it, I do mention that I have indeed lived through (and continue to live through) poverty, including losing my home, applying for and fighting to get public assistance of all types, and much more. I would literally be on the street, but for the generosity of friends. I just started a job last month, and have started to very slowly pay down my extensive credit card debt—but it took many years to get that job.