re: New Orleans compared to South Africa (Super Bowl article)

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The poverty rate is up to 29 percent, 8 percent higher than in 2007 when the city was still rebuilding after the Hurricane.

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I'm gonna let this guy in on a little secret. The people who are making up the people in poverty don't have the skillset to get a job much better than....

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But this economic comeback, with an emphasis on low-paying, zero-benefits service-industry jobs

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These kind of jobs. Poverty ridden groups don't become Fortune 500 execs because they aren't qualified for the positions.

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widening inequality.

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If its income equality, I'd say thats a good thing. The wider the better. Means people are being rewarded for their skills in my book.

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Child poverty is up to 42 percent

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I haven't seen a starving kid in the US in about never, so I'd like to know what "child poverty" looks like. What's the standard?

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Lower Ninth Ward has seen its population drop by 80 percent in the last decade."

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I don't even...

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What does the thirty-four-minute blackout—caused by too much electricity—say about this country?"

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Absolutely nothing.

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We’re both: two Americas defined by structural inequality

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Always in the "structure." AKA the man keeping people down, etc etc etc. Hey, lets add more structure to fix the structure is what he's getting at. I bet that will work.

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Unofficially, this was a symbolic moment that could resonate far longer than the game itself.

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I need to get paid to make shite up.

There was a blackout at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

That London, what a third world shithole.

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But this economic comeback, with an emphasis on low-paying, zero-benefits service-industry jobs

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This guy has no clue about the 10,000 plus medical jobs that are being created and the construction to build these facilities. Do a bit of research idiot. I've lived here my entire 47 years and the city is better now than any other time in my life.