Poverty isn’t just financial hardship; it’s psychological & emotional trauma that increases the probability of violence, addiction & even death by despair. It’s a petri dish out of which emerges the worst kinds of societal dysfunction. Our goal should be its complete eradication.

Jan 16, 2021 · 5:57 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @ebruenig
As someone who was raised through poverty, what’s you basis of knowledge? Why is my life the source of the worst of life? Is it not also the source of what is best? Please provide sources and experiences.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Agreed. Eliminate all taxes on business. Only tax what is taken out of the engine of production which is difference between capital and wealth. Provide basic needs for survival for all citizens without deliberately creating a Gamma class for political purposes.
Replying to @marwilliamson
“And now it is time for a generation of Americans to rise up again...” Marianne Williamson
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Full employment through a federal Job Guarantee is the answer. This would provide price stability at the same time as eradicating unemployment and its socialised ills.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @fabsocialist
Overthrow capitalism.
Replying to @marwilliamson @RobinDuehring
Poverty, as Peter Joseph points out, is just Structural Violence perpetrated upon the working class by the elite.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Poverty reflects poorly on the US economy & its leadership; Poverty is a deliberate public policy failure. We are often told that the US is the richest nation, but that's courtesy of manipulated markets, crony -statist- capitalism, & holding the world's fiat currency.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Modern time poverty is not only about lacking food and shelter. Not having healthcare, quality education, and, more importantly, the opportunity for a better life are all “poverty.”
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Poverty inspired Abraham Lincoln to rise up and work to improve his circumstances...
Replying to @marwilliamson
Including self-inflicted poverty? Sounds like soft handcuffs.
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