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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:08 PM Original message |
Krugman: Poverty in Early Childhood Poisons the Brain (literally) |
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Mark Twain Girl (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you for posting this -- exiles in America... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And thanks for posting that. That's a key paragraph in the article. |
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surfermaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
69. Wasn't it in the last par.that mentioned Edwards. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Well, we are not an economic democracy,...hell, we're not even a social democracy. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. This deserves a LOT of Recs! This is exactly the type of info that contradicts conservative BS... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I guess people would rather pat themselves on the back for their successes, |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Inour society, it is the backs that they "stabbed" in the process |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Sometimes it does seem that way. n/t |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. As Ann Richards said about George Herbert Walker Bush, |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. I love and use that line n/t |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. There are many good people... |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. True, but don't forgot |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. And that will be our doom when the economy truly crashes. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. You're making a lot of sense, TwoSparkles. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
55. You have absolutely nailed this |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
64. Eloquent and succinct |
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teacher gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
60. agreed n/t |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Poverty is prison |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. What does this mean? I'm not sure if I understand your statement. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I think you probably misunderstood |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. The beating down is standard protocol in this selfish, elitist society. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Heh, I was being a bit sleepy with the comparison |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Carry on! Keep up the good work! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. You have put that so well! |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Thanks! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Hurrah for Hydra being "greedy"! |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Ya, welcome to wonderland |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. America, the big crabpot |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That was a great way of putting it! |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Most often, they pull you back with them. Remember, misery loves company |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Just say "NO". |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Yes, it does work that way. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Oh geez. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. They're so far unable to find employment. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I would say that |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. ... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. PTSD is not only a wartime phenomenon |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. What a cute picture! |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. Fuck you very much Ronnie Raygun |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Hey, you! |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Hey there! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. For the next 10,000 years, if McCain has his way. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. What's sad is how few "liberals" realize how much of his shit they swallowed on this! |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. in the late 60s, grandpa made $10k/yr, now that is poverty level |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. I hear you. My former spouse |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. Poverty is a crime in the wealthiest nation on the planet. |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. Hell, I knew we were poor |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. That makes a huge difference. |
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pamela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. Kicked and recommended. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. How many people could be helped with the $200Million plus being spent on this election? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I think about that all the time. |
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personman (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. or the trillion being spent killing people in Iraq, and enriching a small minority here? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. That's a better use of money than what we've been handing over to Halliburton |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. well still- it's an obscene amount of money - and it's going to the networks |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I guess the way I think about it is that it's |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. K&R |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. This is really scary. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. plausible, but Charles Dickens turned his childhood deprivation |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. So he's the exception |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. thank you for lecturing me on that point as if needed it |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
51. K&R nt |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. This is very interesting stuff, especially in the context of a study released last year... |
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teacher gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
59. Go here |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 04:42 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Great article. Have you posted it on its own thread in GD? |
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teacher gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Hi |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Have a good day in the trenches! |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Not just any college degree will do. Advanced degree is much better. Medical profession |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. thank you for the link |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
65. The neurological creation of a permanent underclass? |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
67. I'm an MD, MPH, Krugman is right. And income disparity--being poor in a wealth country--makes it |
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teacher gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Thank you for your insights here and the info! |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
72. set foot in a title 1 school |
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teacher gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I want to |
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teacher gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. kick |
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