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t_wolves_fan
19th December 2006, 21:19
The place for refuting factually-incorrect claims.

groundinghubris: (http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=60261&st=25&#entry1292232378)


Where is our wealth and abundance in our capitalist country (groundinghubris' profile says he is in the U.S.)? where the majority live at or below poverty level,"

False:

12.6 percent of Americans lived below the poverty level in 2005. (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/hstpov2.html)


without any type of healthcare,

False:

(p.20) Percentage of Americans without Health Insurance in 2005: 15.9 (http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p60-231.pdf)


or at best are in debt to credit cards, mortage companies, and banks for all they think they own."

This is, sadly, true.

The Feral Underclass
19th December 2006, 21:54
Banal