Of Breadlines and Banks

[GRITtv]

Run time: 03:47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gxDW9jdVA8   Posted on YouTube: July 13, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: July 14, 2009 By DU Member: GRITtv Views on DU: 594

 
President Obama was elected with a large enough mandate for fundamental change that he could forge a fresh social compact, lock in place a new set of mutual obligations and rewrite the relationship between the state and the populace. The need for change is obvious. In 2008 the official poverty line stood at a shameful $10,590 for a single person and $21,203 for a family of four. If Obama rewrites the social contract and all the rest, he might be able contain the calamity of the 2008 economic collapse. "But if he fails," as Sasha Abramsky writes, "that calamity will haunt the next several decades..."

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2. How often has OBAMA mentioned our homeless and our impoverished . . .???

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