SCATHING UN REPORT: US Poor Becoming More Destitute Under Trump

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/22/us/america-poverty-un-report/index.html
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/06/23/american-march-inequality-why-un-alston-report-alarms-trump-plutocrats

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1. no wonder trump and haley are dissing the UN.

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2. Of course, but the truth will be known! Why can't we have committed,

intelligent people like Philip Alston in the administration, instead of @!#?!

A group of top Democrats are demanding the Trump administration present a plan to Congress to address growing poverty in the United States, following an excoriating report by the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty, Philip Alston. Alston slammed the Trump administration’s policies for worsening the state of poverty in the United States.

The report details how 40 million Americans live in poverty, and 18.5 million Americans live in extreme poverty.
It also details how the United States has the highest rate of income inequality among Western countries and one of the lowest rates of intergenerational social mobility. We speak with Philip Alston, the U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty.

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3. K&R