4 ouf of 5 Americans Near Poverty, Joblessness

Hey friends!!  Have you been following the stock market's return to record high territory?  Did you see that pickup trucks are selling faster than apple pie at the county fair?  Did you see that people are building big houses again?  Have you heard that Happy Days are here again?

If so...you may want to figure out which reality you choose to believe.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream.
 
Survey data exclusive to The Associated Press points to an increasingly globalized U.S. economy, the widening gap between rich and poor, and the loss of good-paying manufacturing jobs as reasons for the trend.
 
The findings come as President Barack Obama tries to renew his administration's emphasis on the economy, saying in recent speeches that his highest priority is to "rebuild ladders of opportunity" and reverse income inequality.

As nonwhites approach a numerical majority in the U.S., one question is how public programs to lift the disadvantaged should be best focused — on the affirmative action that historically has tried to eliminate the racial barriers seen as the major impediment to economic equality, or simply on improving socioeconomic status for all, regardless of race.

The gauge defines "economic insecurity" as a year or more of periodic joblessness, reliance on government aid such as food stamps or income below 150 percent of the poverty line. Measured across all races, the risk of economic insecurity rises to 79 percent.
 
Marriage rates are in decline across all races, and the number of white mother-headed households living in poverty has risen to the level of black ones.

Here;  http://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-4-5-us-face-175906005.html

Marriage rates in decline?  You mean kids are getting raised by single mothers and their sometimes boyfriends?  You mean to tell me that now single white moms are as common as single black moms? 

Have you seen the statistics for fatherless boys ending up in prison?  Do you know how much it costs to keep a person in prison?  Do you know where the money comes from to incarcerate people?

As we just read...what happens when the parasite outgrows the host?

Answer;  the host dies and then so does the parasite.