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1. #1
   On September 13th, 2011 at 12:46 pm, ctmom said:

   Why does Obama hate poor people?

2. #2
   On September 13th, 2011 at 12:46 pm, regularguy said:

   I’d say it’s simply a War On America, since the middle class and even the wealthy are all suffering or are going to ultimately suffer under his disastrous policies.

3. #3
   On September 13th, 2011 at 12:49 pm, hawkeye54 said:

   I’d say it’s simply a War On America, since the middle class and even the wealthy are all suffering or are going to ultimately suffer under his disastrous policies.

   That is It. We are to share equally in the misery brought to us by Barky and his cronies. Of course some are and will be more equal than others.

4. #4
   On September 13th, 2011 at 12:49 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

   Agreed.

   I think if asked about it. Barrack “Epic Failure” Obama would simply blame “the previous administration”.

5. #5
   On September 13th, 2011 at 12:49 pm, rambler said:

   bho doesn’t hate poor people, he loves them so much that he wants more. The poor vote for the dems! Cloward-Piven.

6. #6
   On September 13th, 2011 at 12:50 pm, ThunderHawkk said:

   obama hates everybody, not just poor people. He is Satan. He is Sutekh The Destroyer.

7. #7
   On September 13th, 2011 at 12:54 pm, Flyoverman said:

   All by design to make the population dependent on a+ ruling oligarghy.

   They will get the first fruits, and we will get what they deem to be “fair.”

8. #8
   On September 13th, 2011 at 12:54 pm, DonkeyHoatie said:

   As much as I agree that Obama’s policies are terrible for everybody, including the people who most fervently supported him in the last election, the nature of the numbers in this chart smacks of poring through data to find an analysis that tells the story you want to tell.

   It’s too easy to argue against with the quote about lies, damned lies, and statistics.

9. #9
   On September 13th, 2011 at 12:57 pm, letget said:

   I wonder how many of these ‘poor’ have cell phones, several tv’s, cars, cable and internet, can buy cigarettes and beer, can buy high price shoes and clothes and eat out daily?
   L

10. #10
    On September 13th, 2011 at 12:58 pm, cheapseat said:

    Rambler you are so right. Everyone with an above room temperature iq knows that the only jobs being offered in the ghetto are hooking and selling drugs. The business world in this country is owned and run by wealthy investors, and they will go where they get the best return on investment. The american business model is permanently broken due to overregulation, overtaxation, and overlitigation. The second problem is that our kids are woefully undereducated and lazy. We will only get back into being a “business” country AFTER our economy blows up and we rewrite our constitution. Until then we will continue to be like Europe, an investor country. So wage earners, you better start learning to save and invest some of that money.

11. #11
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:02 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On September 13th, 2011 at 12:54 pm, DonkeyHoatie said:

    I find your opinion puzzling.

    The Y axis shows the percentile change in income. The x axis time in years.

    Note the change at the start of the 2006 recession. In 2008, the last year of the BushPrsidency as the recession eases, the percent change goes back up. In 2009 and beyond it plummets.

    There are several other economic graphs that will correlate to this graph.

12. #12
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:06 pm, verogolfer said:

    Yes, it’s not only a war on poor people, it’s a war on the middle class and some of the rich, I assume GE is exempted. Alas, I seem to be losing the war and Obama and his (insert noun here) are winning.

13. #13
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:06 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    Man, that Obama guy hates: white people, rich people, christmas, the economy, the west, oil companies, America, the military, black people, God, and….. poor people.

    Oh yeah, and he hates liberty too.

14. #14
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:08 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Marxists take over and poor people suffer? Has that ever happened before?

15. #15
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:10 pm, olsantaroy said:

    Where is the LIKE button for Flymoverman’s post?

16. #16
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:10 pm, thejim said:

    We citizens, poor included, are simply collateral damage to Obambi. He came into office with an agenda and a well thought out plan to destroy this country, and he’s doing it.

17. #17
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:10 pm, JamieD said:

    Using this chart to represent the financial impact on the poor for a given timeline is like looking at a drop of water to determine how full the bucket is.

18. #18
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:11 pm, RedDog said:

    Oh no he dint do dat!

19. #19
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:13 pm, thejim said:

    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:06 pm, Ilovemycountry said:
    Man, that Obama guy hates: white people, rich people, christmas, the economy, the west, oil companies, America, the military, black people, God, and….. poor people.

    Oh yeah, and he hates liberty too.

    Now I am sick. I agree with you. Where have I failed? What’s to become of me now?

20. #20
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:16 pm, stillontheroad said:

    Ilovemyhammerandsand said:

    ” All that for a Flag” research it there snapperhead.

21. #21
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:22 pm, Papa Louie said:

    Obama cares only about himself and the people on his side. That includes the Unions, government workers, and rich Democrats who support him. These are the people who get waivers from his own policies that are destructive to everyone else, including the poor.

    He doesn’t care about the poor. He wants to enslave the poor with dependency on government and no hope for escape. He is also waging war on the middle class by destroying jobs through endless regulations and now tax hikes. You can’t cure an anemic economy by draining money from the private sector and feeding it to a rapidly growing government tapeworm!

22. #22
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:22 pm, John Deaux said:

    On September 13th, 2011 at 12:57 pm, letget said:
    I wonder how many of these ‘poor’ have cell phones, several tv’s, cars, cable and internet, can buy cigarettes and beer, can buy high price shoes and clothes and eat out daily?

    Treats for the lapdogs, provided by your tax dollars.

23. #23
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:23 pm, JamieD said:

    Seriously, this chart is just one piece of data that depends on other data to draw a conclusion. An accurate representation would require a chart of purchasing power for a given region with inclusion of government assistance and inflation.

24. #24
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:26 pm, sd6104 said:

    BO doesn’t hate poor people, or rich people or the middle class,
    He Hates Americans.

25. #25
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:27 pm, flmom said:

    stillontheroad said:

    Saw that this morning on the net, hoping that wasn’t what she said, though it’s easy to believe given past statements about her country.

26. #26
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:29 pm, stillontheroad said:

    flmom said:
    The last part I could read but it is the look on that mug of hers that is telling.

27. #27
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:32 pm, John Deaux said:

    This is the chart that may keep Obama from being re-elected. Gas prices were $1.86 the day he was inaugurated.

28. #28
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:37 pm, flmom said:

    stillontheroad said:

    I know, pure, unadulterated disdain.

29. #29
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:40 pm, Collateral Damage said:

    Hey, I AM “collateral damage” as the Jackass Party (their symbol) and their social engineering has already destroyed my industry. Jackass-In-Chief, through assinine policies that are supposed to protect the people, IS creating a whole new sub-class of poor folks (those whose jobs were destroyed by Jackass policy) dependent on government. As stated above, this is true Cloward/Piven/Alinski policy. So Jackass-In-Chief, and his Jackass Party, has been a suck-sess.

30. #30
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:46 pm, madshark said:

    The stereotype is that the Democrats are the party looking out for the interests of the poor people, while the Republicans look out for the interests of rich people. If both parties are interested in maintaining their political power, it is in their best interest to create more of those individuals whose interests they are serving. It appears that BHO is succeeding beyond our wildest imagination.

31. #31
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:46 pm, right_on said:

    Obama’s policies, or should I say the policies of the people who pull his strings, are responsible for the ongoing carnage against the poor, sadly, most of them, poor inner-city blacks. Perhaps I could encourage a new “chant” for the supporters of the leftist, Democrat Party of enlightened neo-liberals:

    “THIS-IS-WHAT-SLAVERY-LOOKS-LIKE!”

    As you know, some of the first slave owners in America were in fact, black slave owners that owned farmland. The only difference I can see with Obama, is that he doesn’t physically “own” them, like chattel, but, he “owns” them, none-the-less, at least in a metaphysical sense!

32. #32
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:51 pm, right_on said:

    …the Democrats are the party looking out for their interests of with the voting,and ignorant poor people…

    This is more like it.

33. #33
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:57 pm, letget said:

    Rush is going over the numbers of those here that are ‘poor’ and the number of what all they have. In my mind, if you have the things Rush listed, you are not ‘poor’ in any way or fashion!
    L

34. #34
    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:58 pm, tiredofit2012 said:

    Off topic a bit…

    barry states: you’ll realize later what a good job I did…not in a million years barry…

    http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-youll-realize-later-what-a-good-job-i-did/

35. #35
    On September 13th, 2011 at 2:19 pm, MacEamonn said:

    If you are a lib and confused by this chart I have to ask: What did you think “The One” was talking about when he said “change”?

    “Brother, can you spare a dime?”

36. #36
    On September 13th, 2011 at 2:29 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Barrack “Epic Failure” Obama would simply blame “the previous administration”.

    He’s already gotten as much milage off of that as he’s going to get. Now he’s blaming the GOP in Congress, and all of the skeptical and the ungrateful, whining,disagreeable public for not recognizing his sheer genius and supporting 1000% all he insists upon doing to, er, for us.

37. #37
    On September 13th, 2011 at 2:44 pm, DonkeyHoatie said:

    Flyoverman #11:

    My point is that if you showed that graph to the people it describes, they would get lost in the very title of it. Quintile? % Change in Income? All most people would see is a jagged up-down-up-down line and some dates. You have to really look at it and think carefully about it, which goes beyond the desire of 80% of Americans for whom American Idol is intellectual discourse.

    If you want to show them something that they can understand, ask them how much of their income they spend on gas and food and housing every month, compared to 3 years ago. Ask how much of a raise they’ve gotten in the last 2 years.

    The chart is true and shows the devastation, but nobody feels the devastation deeper than in their wallets.

38. #38
    On September 13th, 2011 at 3:01 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Of course the bourgeoisie hates the proletariat. They just pretend to be sympathetic.
    LOL–they fall for it everytime.

39. #39
    On September 13th, 2011 at 3:21 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On September 13th, 2011 at 2:44 pm, DonkeyHoatie said:

    Your point is expressed well. Thanks!

40. #40
    On September 13th, 2011 at 4:02 pm, SkyePuppy said:

    On September 13th, 2011 at 2:44 pm, DonkeyHoatie said:

    I took the chart and manually input the percent change rates (approximated) into a spreadsheet, with a starting income in today’s dollars of $1000, just because it’s a nice round number. Because President HopeyChange keeps talking about how he inherited Bush’s economy, I attributed the first year of a presidency to the policies of the previous president. Here’s how the net increase/decrease of each president’s time in office came out for the poor:

    Johnson (don’t have %change for all years of his term) ended at $1110.

    Nixon: +10%, ending at $1217
    Ford: -1%, ending at $1210
    Carter: -3%, ending at $1172
    Reagan: +13%, ending at $1319
    Bush I: -8%, ending at $1215 (worst chg)
    Clinton: +15%, ending at $1392 (best chg)
    GW Bush: -6%, ending at $1311
    Obama: -6%, ending 1st yr at $1232

    Depending on how you present them, statistics can be misleading. Like Johnson, however, we don’t have data on Obama’s full term, so we have no way of knowing how bad his policies will score.

41. #41
    On September 13th, 2011 at 4:05 pm, SkyePuppy said:

    Oops.

    … how badly his policies will score.

42. #42
    On September 13th, 2011 at 4:22 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    What do you expect when 1/3 of the consumer base in this country is the top 3%?

    I just hope that poor people start to realize that Obama and the Democrats are destructive to them.

    It might be easy to think that things can’t get worse for the poor, but only in America do our poor have an obesity epidemic and have a Wii, PS3, VCR and/or DVD player.

    I don’t think people understand how bad this can get it and we are headed full speed ahead in that direction.

43. #43
    On September 13th, 2011 at 4:45 pm, BeachBum said:

    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:16 pm, stillontheroad said:

    I saw that too, anyone who hasn’t should check it out. I agree with the consensus of what she is saying but maybe there is someone here who is better at lip reading. The look on her smug face does say it all though.

44. #44
    On September 13th, 2011 at 5:34 pm, Paratus said:

    From my perspective, and several others here, who have traveled out of the country, people aren’t poor here.
    Poor is when you live in a shack without running water. Poor is when you can’t feed your family everyday.
    These are really people in poverty not the poor, but to hear it from the left the poor and poverty are equal. I think it’s to confuse everyone including the poor.
    If you need a place to live in the US, you can find a government program or a charity to fill that need. If you need food you can get it.
    I’ve been places that the poor there would think themselves well off if they were poor in the US.

45. #45
    On September 13th, 2011 at 6:08 pm, zorro said:

    If the trend in this chart occurred under the Bush administration, you know it would end up as a Koward Krugman NYT blog post under the headline “Bush’s War on Poor People.”

    Boy, isn’t that the truth! However, as Rush mentions every now and then, the Obama regime, Pelosi and Reed must be ecstatic at the success of their plan to socialize our once free country.

46. #46
    On September 13th, 2011 at 6:09 pm, sonerai32645 said:

    The Pres. is doing to America what he said he would do during the campaign. People did not listen. This man HATES America and what it stood for

47. #47
    On September 13th, 2011 at 7:27 pm, Papa Louie said:

    I take it back. Obama does care about poor people. He loves them so much he wants to create more of them.

48. #48
    On September 13th, 2011 at 9:42 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    thejim

    Now I am sick. I agree with you. Where have I failed? What’s to become of me now?

    You should start to feel like a victim at any time now.

49. #49
    On September 14th, 2011 at 12:45 am, SHoward said:

    Man, I knew that if I lived long enough, I’d actually see a blind squirrel find a nut.

    On September 13th, 2011 at 1:06 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    Good job, Spud. Good job.