I love your books, your passion, your vision. But man, all you do on Twitter is kvetch. Very surprising.

It's a start, considering the length of his tenure to-date!

Marianne you know that they are not even doing that!!! The poverty line has not changed in 20 years. They are maybe cutting it by 15% and only for a bit.

No it's not, but half of America doesn't even want to do that just that! We all have neighbors who do not care and do not have empathy! When do we start to point the finger at the constituents represented by politicians?

"Cutting poverty in half" are they referring to the number of children living in poverty or to the degree of their poverty?

A living wage, healthcare, and education cut childhood poverty in half.

Who did you vote for, again? The people currently in charge? Yes? Right. You voted for this, meaning you are partially responsible for the actions of this administration & the party it represents.

Poverty does not happen naturally, it is fully man made and can be eradicated if people really want to. Poverty is big biz tho.

Rising inequality is directly related to the persistent poverty that families across the country face; if all families’ incomes had grown at the average rate, poverty would have been significantly lower. The real issue is inequality.

It's time for America to join the civilized world and have Universal Basic Income, job training for all, affordable healthcare for all. Let's get this done.