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Hello Darkness My Old Friend: Poverty, Anxiety and Depression
"The popularity of a war on poverty waned after the 1960s. Deregulation, growing criticism of the welfare state, and an ideological shift to reducing federal aid to impoverished people in the 1980s and 1990s culminated in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, which, as claimed President Bill Clinton, 'end[ed] welfare as we know it.'"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Poverty
This week, America reached a new benchmark: The return of poverty.
Has the war on poverty become the war on the poor?
Is poverty silent?
Why?

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Souring Poverty Casts Spotlight on "Lost Decade"
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/us/14census.html
"Another 2.6 million people slipped into poverty in the United States last year, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, and the number of Americans living below the official poverty line, 46.2 million people, was the highest number in the 52 years the bureau has been publishing figures on it."
Is Poverty a Death Sentence?
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/7429-focus-is-poverty-a-death-sentence
"The crisis of poverty in America is one of the great moral and economic issues facing our country. It is very rarely talked about in the mainstream media. It gets even less attention in Congress. Why should people care? Many poor people don't vote. They certainly don't make large campaign contributions, and they don't have powerful lobbyists representing their interests."
Renata Salecl: The Paradox of Choice
http://www.openculture.com/2011/06/renata_salecl_the_paradox_of_choice.html
“'Today’s ideology of choice,' says Salecl, 'actually pacifies people and makes us constantly turn criticism to ourselves instead of organizing ourselves and making a critique of the society we live in.'"
Blessed Are the Poor
http://bible.cc/matthew/5-3.htm
...in spirit.
How Banks Cause World Hunger
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/14/how-banks-cause-world-hunger_n_960926.html
"...food speculation."
Because You Have a Refrigerator, You Are Not Poor?
http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2011/pdf/bg2575.pdf
"Specifically, the report asserts that although the Census Bureau reports that over 30 million Americans are living in poverty, in reality, this number overestimates poverty because poor families own things like refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, washers and dryers, and ceiling fans."
Paul Simon - The Sound of Silence 9/11 Ground Zero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3np0DMxXKzM
"Fuck you hipsters who go on every 9/11 video and tell everybody how America deserved it. Nobody deserves to have their family members and loved ones ripped from their life and have their lives changed into habitual mourning. It's not as if every single American citizen agrees with the things that our country has done. 9/11 is just another example of humanity's self-destructive nature. I'm not even close to a patriot, but death and destruction shouldn't be wished upon anyone."