I swear to god, if you've seen the movie Mars Attacks you know all you need to know about George W. Bush. If only we could find the right song on the radio.
No child left behind? Soft bigotry of low expectations? Fuck you, George.
This type of shit pisses me off:
Posted by Mike at October 12, 2004 01:11 AM | TrackBack
WASHINGTON - One in every five U.S. jobs pays less than a poverty-level wage for a family of four, according to a study by the nonpartisan Working Poor Families Project.The result of so many low-paying jobs is that nearly 39 million Americans, including 20 million children, are members of "low-income working families" — with barely enough money to cover basic needs like housing, groceries and child care, the study found.
The study classified a "working family" as one in which there was one or more children and at least one family member had a job or was actively seeking work.
Besides staying current on bills, many of these folks also struggled to save up for a bigger home or for a child's college education, said Brandon Roberts, one of the report's authors.
"These 20 million children are the future of our workforce," Roberts said. "Their future economic abilities are at risk growing up in families that don't have the resources to support them."