Addendae

Criminalizing Poverty: America’s War Against the Poor

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/04/criminalizing-poverty-americas-war-against-the-poor

* poverty affects 37.9 million Americans incl. 11 million children

* tendency in U.S. to treat poverty as if it were leprosy, a contagious disease to be avoided by good & healthy people

* seeing rise of a “war on poverty” - e.g. laws by both conservative/liberal local governments criminalize panhandling

#poverty #homelessness #WealthInequality #capitalism #discrimination #PovertyIndustrialComplex #debt

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Public discourse in U.S. is of a relatively stable political system, h/e

* only country w/o universal health coverage

* lowest life expectancy @ birth

* highest death rates for avoidable/treatable cond.

* highest maternal infant mortal.

* among highest suicide rates

* highest multiple chronic cond.

* obesity rate 2x OECD avg

* see physicians less than people in most countries

* among lowest rate of practicing physicians, hospital beds/1,000 persons

* COVID-19 vacc. trails many nations

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