I am familiar with these dreadful figures. The US also is now 42nd in the world regarding life expectancy, while 65 million Americans live on less than $7 dollars a day and the polarization of wealth is the most unequal in the world. The answer to these problems cannot be found in the current political set up that is responsible for the destruction of the living standards of US citizens. This problem is a global one, it affects all the so-called industrial nations to the same degree. Name one country today that is led by a corrupt or criminal individual. This problem is deep rooted within capitalism itself.
On Sep 11, 2:51 pm, Hank Kroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think it matters much who gets in the White House. > We face some big challenges what with the so-called conservatives > putting us 7 to 30 trillion in debt with the war to keep the oil > pumping and rebuilding Iraq. It was our future and standard of living > that they gave away to Halburton, the Iraqui government and Saudia > Arabia. > > One of the challenges is the following from: The Wachington Post > > LAND OF THE FREE? > > PRISON NUMBERS SOAR IN LAND OF THE FREE > More than 1 in 100 adults in the United States is in jail or prison— > an all-time high that is costing state governments nearly US$50 > billion a year and the federal government $5billion more. > With more than 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States > leads the world in both the number and percentage of residents it > incarcerates, leaving far more populous China a distant second, > according to a study by the nonpartisan Pew center on the Sates. The > growth in prison population is largely because of tougher state and > federal sentencing imposed since the mid-1980’s. Minorities have been > particularly affected. > The study also documents the trade-offs that state governments have > faced as they devote larger shares of their budget to house these > prisoners. For instance, some states now spend as much as or more on > corrections as on higher education. > Despite reaching its latest milestone, the nation’s incarcerated > population has been growing more slowly since 2000 than it did during > the 1990’s. Because of these policy shifts, the nation wide prison > population swelled by about 80 percent from 1990 t 2000, increasing by > as much as 86,000 a year. > By contrast, from 2007 to 2008, that population increased by 25,000—a > rise of two percent. Things just keep getting better and better! > (Source: Washington Post, 29 February > 2009http://tinyurl.com/2nqsmz)www.GuardDogBooks.comwww.Alaskapublishing.comwww.HankKroll.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
