Did you know that 65 percent of all children in the United States live in a home that receives aid from the federal government? We live at a time when child poverty in America is exploding. Yes, the U.S. economy is experiencing a temporary bubble of false stability for the moment, but even during this period of false stability the gap between the wealthy and the poor continues to rapidly expand and the middle class is being systematically destroyed. And sadly, this is having a disproportionate impact on children. This is happening for a couple of reasons. First of all, poorer households tend to have more children than wealthier households. Secondly, most people tend to have children when they are in their young adult years, and right now young adults are being absolutely hammered by this economy. As a result, things just continue to get even worse for children living in this country. Here are 14 facts that show that the number of children in America living in poverty this Christmas is at an all-time record high…
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I care very much about our children and we should all care very much about them and the rest of our descendants, but I think there is a little awareness of the growing plights of us older folks, especially in the “BIG NEWS” outlets. Our costs of living are growing astronomically because of measures to cut Social Security and Medicare as well as the higher and higher costs of medical care in general but more specifically the skyrocketing pharmaceutical costs we all face when old age sets in and we begin to need more prescriptions. We are feeling neglected and we do not have the means to help our children and grandchildren which we thought we would have. The government should always increase payments to us older folks as well as the younger ones. We all are suffering now-a-days, and it will probably get worse with Republicans having more power in Federal government. I cannot believe we spend HALF of our federal tax money on wars; it is a crime against Democracy.