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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 1565009" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p><strong>#4</strong> Almost half of all Americans (<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/half-of-america-doesnt-save-any-money-2015-3" target="_blank">47 percent</a>) do not put a single penny out of their paychecks into savings.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>#5</strong> In 2014, police in the United States killed <a href="http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-kill-citizens-70-times-rate-first-world-nations/#rBGD2LV7hvVi1tuh.99" target="_blank">1,100 people</a>. During that same year, police in Canada killed <a href="http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-kill-citizens-70-times-rate-first-world-nations/#rBGD2LV7hvVi1tuh.99" target="_blank">14 people</a>, police in China killed <a href="http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-kill-citizens-70-times-rate-first-world-nations/#rBGD2LV7hvVi1tuh.99" target="_blank">12 people</a> and police in Germany didn’t kill anyone at all.</p><p></p><p><strong>#9</strong> When LBJ’s “War on Poverty” began, <a href="http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/" target="_blank">less than 10 percent</a> of all U.S. children were growing up in single parent households. Today, that number has skyrocketed to <a href="http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/" target="_blank">33 percent</a>.</p><p></p><p><strong>#10</strong> In 1950, <a href="http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/" target="_blank">less than 5 percent</a> of all babies in America were born to unmarried parents. Today, that number <a href="http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/" target="_blank">is over 40 percent</a>.</p><p></p><p><strong>#11</strong> The poverty rate for households that are led by a married couple is <a href="http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/" target="_blank">6.8 percent</a>. For households that are led by a female single parent, the poverty rate is <a href="http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/" target="_blank">37.1 percent</a>.</p><p></p><p><strong>#13</strong> According to the CDC, <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/mens-health.htm" target="_blank">34.6 percent</a> of all men in the U.S. are obese at this point.</p><p></p><p><strong>#14</strong> The average supermarket in the United States wastes <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/029637_supermarkets_food.html" target="_blank">about 3,000 pounds of food</a> each year.</p><p></p><p><strong>#21</strong> According to a study conducted by economist Carl Benedikt Frey and engineer Michael Osborne, <a href="http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf" target="_blank">47 percent</a> of the jobs in the United States could soon be lost to computers, robots and other forms of technology.</p><p></p><p><strong>#27</strong> One survey of 50-year-old men in the U.S. found that only <a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/facts-about-men-1010" target="_blank">12 percent</a> of them said that they were “very happy”.</p><p></p><p><strong>#28</strong> The United States has <a href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article33668.html" target="_blank">845</a> motor vehicles for every 1,000 people. Japan only has 593 for every 1,000 people, and Germany only has 540 for every 1,000 people.</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> capitalism. workers should have more control over the jobs they work in. capitalism is too heiarchical</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 1565009, member: 56035"] [B]#4[/B] Almost half of all Americans ([URL='http://www.businessinsider.com/half-of-america-doesnt-save-any-money-2015-3']47 percent[/URL]) do not put a single penny out of their paychecks into savings. [B] #5[/B] In 2014, police in the United States killed [URL='http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-kill-citizens-70-times-rate-first-world-nations/#rBGD2LV7hvVi1tuh.99']1,100 people[/URL]. During that same year, police in Canada killed [URL='http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-kill-citizens-70-times-rate-first-world-nations/#rBGD2LV7hvVi1tuh.99']14 people[/URL], police in China killed [URL='http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-kill-citizens-70-times-rate-first-world-nations/#rBGD2LV7hvVi1tuh.99']12 people[/URL] and police in Germany didn’t kill anyone at all. [B]#9[/B] When LBJ’s “War on Poverty” began, [URL='http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/']less than 10 percent[/URL] of all U.S. children were growing up in single parent households. Today, that number has skyrocketed to [URL='http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/']33 percent[/URL]. [B]#10[/B] In 1950, [URL='http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/']less than 5 percent[/URL] of all babies in America were born to unmarried parents. Today, that number [URL='http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/']is over 40 percent[/URL]. [B]#11[/B] The poverty rate for households that are led by a married couple is [URL='http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/']6.8 percent[/URL]. For households that are led by a female single parent, the poverty rate is [URL='http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/']37.1 percent[/URL]. [B]#13[/B] According to the CDC, [URL='http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/mens-health.htm']34.6 percent[/URL] of all men in the U.S. are obese at this point. [B]#14[/B] The average supermarket in the United States wastes [URL='http://www.naturalnews.com/029637_supermarkets_food.html']about 3,000 pounds of food[/URL] each year. [B]#21[/B] According to a study conducted by economist Carl Benedikt Frey and engineer Michael Osborne, [URL='http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf']47 percent[/URL] of the jobs in the United States could soon be lost to computers, robots and other forms of technology. [B]#27[/B] One survey of 50-year-old men in the U.S. found that only [URL='http://www.esquire.com/features/facts-about-men-1010']12 percent[/URL] of them said that they were “very happy”. [B]#28[/B] The United States has [URL='http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article33668.html']845[/URL] motor vehicles for every 1,000 people. Japan only has 593 for every 1,000 people, and Germany only has 540 for every 1,000 people. :censored: capitalism. workers should have more control over the jobs they work in. capitalism is too heiarchical [/QUOTE]
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