Economic inequality and the lack of a (real) progressive party in the United States

[telemann]

Last Friday, Chris Rock was interviewed on Bill Maher's show Real Time, and the subject of health care reform came up.
When Maher asked if he saw health care reform the prism of race and as a civil rights issue, Rock said no. He sees health reform as a “people rights issue.” Rock also recounted his family’s experience with the health care system

Comments

[rev_proffessor]

Alright, Seriously, Who here can stand forth and state emphatically that everyone living in poverty has no one to blame but them selves? Who here can honestly say, and fully believe, that anyone, literally ANYONE, can overcome poverty and retire in middle class style, if only they embrace a puritan work ethic and abandon their feelings of entitlement?

[merig00]

probably a shitload of immigrants that still arrive to this country without their pockets full of dollars.

[rev_proffessor]

Does that make sense to anyone else..?

[merig00]

Not anyone... cause if every person could do that we wouldn't have middle class - it just wouldn't be "middle". But you can't deny that it's easier to move up the "class ladder" in this country compared to many others