US report : statistics

49 million Americans short of food

Almost 50 million Americans - one in seven - are struggling to get enough to eat, according to a US federal survey on "food insecurity".

www.rnw.nl...

www.reuters.com...

2,3 million people incarcerated in usa. USA wins and beat russia, and china ( in number , and in percentage).

usa : 2.3 million, 0.76% of the population. 302 million people.
china : 1,6 million, 0.15% of the population. 1 billion people.
Russia : 890.000 , 0.62% of the population. 142 millions people.
Germany : 0. 09 %

3,5 million people are homeless.

Freedom and prosperity are maybe in jail in a brave new world.

U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin December 2007, NCJ 219416

www.ojp.usdoj.gov...

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The Purchasing power don't follow the economic growth.
And the unemployement is not a real problem.

en.wikipedia.org...

So maybe it is time to change the economic system ? There are alternatives system, and currency.

If you want to be free, it is now, not later , no because of obama.

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how can there be 2 to 3 billion people in jail in the us? the population of the us is like 300 million, 3 billion would mean half of the entire world is locked up in the us,.,,,

sorry it is 2.3 million, but that is far more that russia ,and china.


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ah ok...your right, the "land of the free" imprisons a far greater portion of it's population than even socialist countries! how is that possible? how can we call ourselves a free country with figures like this...

Yes , and you know that "insecurity" have been used by bush, he was maybe the first to use fear that way to become president : in a "free country" : other people used it before him : hitler, in its nationnalist country.

Maybe it has been used in england : but i am not sure. CC Cam have been used for long time in england but i do not know if politicsare using the "insecurity" (the feer of insecurity) to be elected.

But after bush: many other people used it : everywhere in europe.

As you can see the utilisation of the fear in politics is not democratic, and should be banned !

en.wikipedia.org...

In other word : politics don't need to speak about real problems, and real solutions : they just have to catch attention with emotionnal subjects.

( in fact they don't want real solutions : because they defend the statu quo, economical and political statu quo)

Is this a democratic system ?

I advise you Thoreau, gandhi masters.

en.wikipedia.org...

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Originally posted by psychederic
Yes , and you know that "insecurity" have been used by bush, he was maybe the first to use fear that way to become president : in a "free country" : other people used it before him : hitler, in its nationnalist country.

Maybe it has been used in england : but i am not sure. CC Cam have been used for long time in england but i do not know if politicsare using the "insecurity" (the feer of insecurity) to be elected.

But after bush: many other people used it : everywhere in europe.

As you can see the utilisation of the fear in politics is not democratic, and should be banned !

en.wikipedia.org...

In other word : politics don't need to speak about real problems, and real solutions : they just have to catch attention with emotionnal subjects.

( in fact they don't want real solutions : because they defend the statu quo, economical and political statu quo)

Is this a democratic system ?

I advise you Thoreau, gandhi masters.

en.wikipedia.org...

www.brainyquote.com...

Uh, so it's Bush's fault America is full of people who break our laws?

Secondly, do you think Russia and China provide accurate numbers? I sure don't.

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That sure , if you want to defend the us system : the only solution for you is to critics the number.

But could you just imagine , just one second : these are facts, that show in some way that us system may not be the best system ?

Please understand me : i don't critics democraty, freedom or whatever, and I dislike communist systems.

I don't critics what USA means, and i don't critics us citizens.

I just say that there are a lot more poor people, and the rich are becoming richer.

You have to understand clearly that an economic system is an illusion.

A person with debt is a slave : this was a rule in Rome, it is the same rules here if we follow the common logic.

So if you want to be free, don't follow anything : be free.

If you cannot face the facts, just ignore those numbers, just ignore this post, as most people do about real problems.

So the question is do you want a system with statically less problem , or an even better system : in term of poverty, and freedom.

translate.google.com...

www.guardian.co.uk...

Greatest country on earth -until you move overseas and experience the big awakening.. (expats will know what I'm talking about)

Got other statistics :

237 members of the U.S. Congress; in other words, 44% of them, are millionaires. ( this is the same in every country : but is it the best politic system ? and is it a democracy ? Could you say no i don't want my money/power to be used this way ?)

www.granma.cu...

What could we say about the psychological point of you of rich people : They will defend the statu quo. ( and their power of course ).

Maybe they will be blind by the statu quo, and they will surely never think , or never accept that problem is not far from us, maybe the problem is "us", is our system.

WHY CAN't we apply the liberalism moto : when it is not profitable, throw it away ! We need 'evolution' !

why ? why , tell me why ?

They apply this moto in economy, and it cause poverty, unemployement .., we need to apply this moto in our politic and economic system.

And before : we need to be more open.

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

And finally the upper class ( just rich people ) will not understand what the other class of the society may think and may want, in democracy.

This is the problem of representative (democracy) republic.

en.wikipedia.org...

Do you know direct democracy ?

en.wikipedia.org...