President Obama & Poor Americans of Color

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Friday December 24, 2010 · 5:40 AM PST

2010/12/24 · 05:40

Being poor is never enjoyable.

There are times, though, when the pain of poverty is even more acute.

One of those times is the holiday season.

When others are gathering with friends and family, poor people feel even more isolated than they usually do. They can feel more shame and powerlessness than that which they experience on a daily basis.

RainbowGirl

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Tuesday December 21, 2010 · 10:21 PM PST

2010/12/21 · 22:21

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Thursday December 16, 2010 · 11:03 AM PST

2010/12/16 · 11:03

With the tragedy of a tax cut deal "compromise" that will benefit the Mega Rich pending to be signed into law, this should come as little surprise.

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Wednesday December 15, 2010 · 8:25 AM PST

2010/12/15 · 08:25

Maybe I shouldn't write this diary, I thought. I mean, what do I know about being rich? Pretty much nothing.

As I pointed out in my first-ever Daily Kos diary, I am extremely poor and have been so essentially all of my adult life. Never had a car, only bicycles. Yada, yada.

But, with a little help from some research and a few pictures, I'll do my best to try to help discern what the Mega Rich might do with the extra $700 billion dollars President Obama wants to hand them in tax cuts. Money, that is, which will increase the federal deficit and barely help stimulate the economy for us common folks who won't be getting the bulk of the "deal"'s benefits.

RainbowGirl

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Tuesday December 14, 2010 · 12:42 AM PST

2010/12/14 · 00:42

This diary was going to be different. But then I read rexymeteorite's touching Daily Kos diary "On Being Poor" and decided that I would take a slightly different tack, using a bit more personal story and a bit less quoted material and statistics.

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