poverty and looting

[astronautical]

salon.com opinion piece on poverty and looting in NOLA.

Left out in the coldThe deplorable looting in New Orleans is a symptom of long-standing U.S. poverty that has worsened under Bush's watch

Comments

[astronautical]

I'm not sure how they went up with clinton, but they have consistently gone up with bush in the face of an economic "recovery." I don't think things were great under clinton but they sure weren't rapidly deteriorating.

[bilum]

Thanks for that.

[astronautical]

I thought of you and brdgt, there is another article about the poor in NOLA on salon.com up today as well. Finally, some dialogue!