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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Poverty Doubles Over the Past 30 Years, Despite Robust “Economic Growth”
by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
One of my favorite lines about the current oligarch theft continuing to
occur throughout the world is courtesy of the “Artist Taxi Driver,” who
likes to state:
“This is not a recession its a robbery.”
Truer words were never said, but this theft goes back a lot further than the
latest economic catastrophe. As we all know by now, real median wages haven
’t increased in the U.S. for the past 45 years, while at the same time, so-
called economic growth according to traditional metrics has exploded higher.
As yesterday’s article from the Guardian below demonstrates, this is not
just an American problem. It is pervasive throughout the Western world.
So what happened? I think it’s best to put things in terms of Middle Age
feudalism, since the majority of the Western world has indeed entered a
modern type neo-serfdom. Essentially, think about this in terms of a king in
1085 who just doubled the land under his control. At the same time, his
serfs are likely still tilling the same plots, and in order to consolidate
his holdings, the king might demand increased tribute from his peasants. So
the economy of the kingdom has doubled, but the serf is worse off than
before. This is more or less what has happened to the West over the past
several decades.
So what has allowed this tragedy to happen in modern times. My answer is
clear: Financialization. It’s no coincidence that median real wages stopped
increasing at the exact same time as Richard Nixon defaulted on the gold
standard in 1971. This is not to say I think the “gold standard” is the
answer. I don’t. Yet, it is important to understand that rampant fiat money
manipulation by the Fed and its owners on Wall Street is at the very core
of everything that has gone wrong.
Now, from the Guardian:
The number of British households falling below minimum living standards
has more than doubled in the past 30 years, despite the size of the economy
increasing twofold, a study on poverty and deprivation in the UK claims .
According to the study, 33% of households endure below-par living
standards – defined as going without three or more “basic necessities of
life”, such as being able to adequately feed and clothe themselves and
their children, and to heat and insure their homes. In the early 1980s, the
comparable figure was 14%.
The research, billed as the most detailed study ever of poverty in the
UK, claims that almost 18 million Britons live in inadequate housing
conditions and that 12 million are too poor to take part in all the basic
social activities – such as entertaining friends or attending all the
family occasions they would wish to. It suggests that one in three people
cannot afford to heat their homes properly, while 4 million adults and
children are not able to eat healthily.
Their findings will be seized on by opponents of the coalition, who
argue that good news about the economy does not mean living standards are
improving for most people. This will be a key Labour message in the run-up
to next year’s election.
Oh right, the Labour Party. The folks who brought you war criminal,
banker puppet and man-child Tony Blair. Why no mention of the UKIP I wonder…
Other figures being published include the claims that 5.5 million adults
go without essential clothing; that 2.5 million children live in damp homes
; that 1.5 million children live in households that cannot afford to heat
them; that one in four adults have incomes below what they themselves
consider is needed to avoid poverty, and that more than one in five adults
have to borrow to pay for day-to-day needs.
Led by the University of Bristol and funded by the Economic and Social
Research Council, the PSE project’s research will be presented to the
conference and published in full this week. Gordon said he had been shocked
by some of the findings. “In the early 1980s we assumed life was going to
get better. For many it has, for many it hasn’t.”
Serfs up! | T*********I
发帖数: 10729 | 2 再怎么证明种族歧视到最后仍然是在回避：这poverty说来说去就是当事人本人的问题
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发帖数: 7463 | 3 擦，你们这些地富反坏右太不consistent了。
要民煮的也是你们。64闹事的也是你们，
现在到了民主的圣地大美丽间国，你们又不肯付民主的代价不肯养票蛆 |
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