( Originally Posted For Thanksgiving Nov24th)
So this Thanksgiving I am going down to visit Occupy, take them some hot Turkey Sandwiches, and some winter goodies.( Many thanks to Bonni in Mass. who made incredible warm scarves for them...) and some mittens and gloves, cold medicine and I will be checking the medical bag. But it occurs to me that Thanksgiving is about families gathering and many won't get it, don't understand how many are damaged by this Economy and how it got this way.There is true economic pain that can be measured in Numbers. So here are some to share as you pass the gravy. ( If you follow me on Twitter you know I do this #WhyWeOccupy hashtag every couple of days to educate folks.) So here are some of the Facts.
The STATS ::: #WhyWeOccupy....in America :::
(1) 50 Million are still without Healthcare ( due to loss of jobs,States HighRisk Pools pricing folks out)
(2) 46 Million Living in Poverty ( this Number includes Working Poor)
(3) 49 Million On Food Stamps
(4) 22 Million Children living in Poverty
(5) One in four Children going to bed hungry every night
(6) 29 Million UnEmployed and UnderEmployed
(7) 14 Million of our Elderly Living in Poverty
(8) 47,000 Dying Without Healthcare per year
(9) 235,000 Vets returning from Warzones to NO Job
(10) Vet Unemployment rate consistantly at 29%
(11) 600,000 Vets Sleeping on the Streets each night
(12) 26,000 Vets Lost Homes 2010 ( some while serving overseas)
(13) 18 Vets commit suicide per day
(14) 8 Million Homes Lost In Foreclosure in past 3 years
(15) 62% of All Home Loss in Foreclosure due to Medical Debt
11 comments:
Kick ass list of facts.
thanks...it's a list that keeps growing...I read it off during our march in downtown ctown..it stopped traffic, even the cops were listening..dead silence...it's sobering..
heard you read these stats on the show tonight. powerful stuff. will share.
oh thanks so much Tarad....excellent...very grateful and thanks for listening..you are always welcome to call in too...
and for the skeptics in my family...can you site sources for the stats? The numbers really are unbelievable, but I do believe them. We've been in trouble for quite some time.
pa...I posted stats on my blog today.
hehe..."p.s."
The stats are all from the different source, the "Poverty Stats " are from Rep Markey, the Death by Lack of Health Care are from Harvard, the 50 Million Uninsured is from AmericansforHealthcareNOW, MadAsHellDocs, and Vet Numbers are from Different Vet Orgs, which I have posted before, so I will have to dig up. The Lost Homes to vets was actually Business Insider....etc..I will have to check notebook re. the Foreclosure issue. ( I blogged tweeted over 300 posts for Healthcare ...during the election and HCR battle...so I am pretty strong on those...the Foreclosure numbers are from previous posts I wrote...Financial Times stats)
I hope that helps....if you need more I can get - can't fit here ( you can email me if you want)
mostly I wrote this post so folks can use for Twitter and MIC CHECK....
thanks Tarad
Here is more the 50 million , new stats, it actually soared 3 million in ONE year...because of rising Premiums and Unemployment, DrOz is covering this issue, btw,http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/23/nearly-50-million-americans-uninsured-cdc-says/
great list. and my parents will not see meaning in those numbers unless i can find numbers of the 1%'s stratospheric increase in wealth, banker's bonuses compared to how many who held mortgages w/ that bank and lost their home...i need to find glaringly opposing numbers- to show the huge divide. but i'm def printing your list. maybe i'll put it on parent's fridge :)
J...
you are actually right ...I should indeed do a post on the 1% that is an excellent idea and show how their wealth increased, esp over the last 30 years, and especially over the last 10 years...
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