The French newspaper Le Monde reports 1.5 million living the American dream on $2 a day

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Surely the death of the American working class dream is not news to the American 1 percent elites. The truth be known simply put they like it that way, as they surely are the architects of the GOP led class warfare against the American working class.

(The Statue of Liberty in the photo below is located in Paris, France and is believed to have become emblematic as the American dream now resides in Europe instead of America).

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Le Monde quote: "From Near And Far, Bidding Farewell To The American Dream
By Claire Gatinois

LE MONDE/Worldcrunch
No matter what the frame of reference of the person examining it, its bottom line is unambiguous: the United States – not supposedly fusty Europe -- rates lowest in terms of this relationship in the distribution of riches and social mobility. Yes, Paris Hilton’s America ranks way below the Scandinavian countries, but also below France, New Zealand, Japan, the United Kingdom, and others."
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Clearly the weak American social safety net has become an international badge of shame, worn with pride around the necks of American capitalist elites who have put America up for international pillory as a pariah state wherein estimates show 1.5 million Americans live on less than $2 a day, which is on par with many third world nations.

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Le Monde quote:
"on February 24, the USA Today daily published a feature on extreme poverty in the United States, reporting that the number of families living on less than $2 a day had more than doubled in 15 years, going from 636,000 in 1996 to 1.5 million in 2011."
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(Cross-posted by author from the Daily Kos. To read the full article, please click on the link below. Thank you.)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/27/1094958/-The-French-newspaper-Le-Monde-reports-1-5-million-living-the-American-dream-on-2-a-day