Why are parts of America as poor as a third world country?And why do conservatives wanna make me believe this?

Question

is not true?Are they out of touch with the severity of the poverty problem in their country?Or do they CHOOSE to look the other way?
The annual Human Development Report normally concerns itself with the Third World, but the 2005 edition scrutinises inequalities in health provision inside the US as part of a survey of how inequality worldwide is retarding the eradication of poverty.

It reveals that the infant mortality rate has been rising in the US for the past five years - and is now the same as Malaysia. America's black children are twice as likely as whites to die before their first birthday

For half a century the US has seen a sustained decline in the number of children who die before their fifth birthday. But since 2000 this trend has been reversed.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article311066.ece

The infant mortality rate in the US is now the same as in Malaysia

High levels of spending on personal health care reflect America's cutting-edge medical technology and treatment. But the paradox at the heart of the US health system is that, because of inequalities in health financing, countries that spend substantially less than the US have, on average, a healthier population. A baby boy from one of the top 5 per cent richest families in America will live 25 per cent longer than a boy born in the bottom 5 per cent and the infant mortality rate in the US is the same as Malaysia, which has a quarter of America's income.

Sway working poor are also up.
The percentage of poor Americans who are living in severe poverty has reached a 32-year high, millions of working Americans are falling closer to the poverty line and the gulf between the nation's "haves" and "have-nots" continues to widen
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0223-09.htm

Answer 1

Conservative fiscal policies create an obscene financial divide.

Conservatives play the "god card" to pretend they know see this immoral mess.

America leads the industrialized world in poverty, violence and pollution by a wide margin.

Some Freedom. Ands oh yeah, if you notice this atrocity you somehow "hate America". Nice.

Answer 2

The main reason you see such poverty in the U.S. is NOT because of reaganomics. It's because of the policies of the ever growing federal government and the socialistic programs like social security, medicare, medicaid and several others. If we had a true free market capitalist representative republic, people would be a lot better off. Everybody has the opportunity to become rich(not as much as in a true free market, but the opportunity is still there). If they work real hard and don't spend or invest foolishly they may become rich. Of course the more you earn the more the government punishes you for your success. They confiscate a higher percentage of YOUR money to give to those that THEY feel deserve it. That means you have to work a lot harder and longer to reach your full potential. Not everybody is going to get rich. Some are quite content earning what they need to live comfortably and to be secure in their retirement. Some people just love the work they do despite the fact that it isn't very lucrative. There are some who are driven to earn as much as they possibly can and still others who are passionate about their work which just happens to be VERY lucrative. NOBODY is claiming that everyone can be rich. By that I mean that every human being in the country is going to get rich. However, everybody has the opportunity and the freedom to try, if they CHOOSE. Ahhh, freedom, the forgotten benefit of the capitalist free market United States of America.

Answer 3

One of the reasons for the disparity between rich and
poor in America is the unfair distribution of government
funds . Right here in the state that live in (North Carolina)
you can see underfunded districts, counties and cities.
The mayors, city councilman and city managers all
determine where the education and city maintenance
funds go. The quickest way to kill off an underclass is
to underfund their public schools, highways, parks,
public hospitals and clinics, and then overtax them to
boot.

Another problem that has nothing to do with the government
is that you have so many multi-million dollar athletes, rappers
and entertainers that erect multi- million dollar mansions with
bars, gymnasiums, and nightclubs built into them. There's
enough money being made in the NBA alone to put a serious
dent in poverty but no one will budge off of their millions.

To their credit you have more caucasions in Hollywood that
poor money into eradicating poverty and hunger than
the government or the African American bourgeois and
neuvo-riche. It will take active citizenship and fair distribution
of government funds to end this problem you present to us.

As for the conservatives; they are only concerned with maintaining status quos, preventing gays from marrying and stripping women of the dignity and autonomy of their own bodies. Amazingly half of their base is made up of poor
whites who live in trailer parks or substandard housing.
Because they believe democrats are a party for gays
and minorities they continue to support a republican
party that will only institute policies that will keep them
poor also. Unfortunately in this country it is becoming
harder and harder for people in the lower classes to
improve their situations. The rising cost of tuition
doesn't help people either.

Answer 4

Actually thats just a small part of the bad news. Our life expectancy is getting lower as well and the cost of health care is higher then any other country on the planet. So we pay more then anyone else to receive less then most.
There are quite a few things contributing to our decline but highest on the list has to be greed. The cost of health care in the US is approximatly 24% higher then the second most expensive health care system on Earth, Luxenburg. But statistically we are arond 24th in heath care quality among in industrialized nations.
A good portion of our population must work 2 or more jobs to pay bills. Not to build a savings but just to live month to month. The current administration is trying to scrape up the funds to pay for the war in Iraq. We have paid close to or over 350 billion so far and were increaseing spending. The money comes from taxes but if people make less money then they can’t pay as much tax. We lowered tax to increase spending and hopefully stimulate the economy but people are too heavily in debt for that to really work. Consumer debt is also killing us.

Answer 5

You really are insulting these people in the world countries, do you truly believe we have areas in this country where a truck pulls up and throws off bags of grain? Where the people then grind it by hand, scour the countryside to find sticks to use as fuel? Live in tent cities?
I deal with the poor and homeless everyday and really feel for the kids that grow up in that life. But trying to compare the hardships of any american to what those people go thru is really an insult to the plight of the third world poor.

I previously answered another of your questions and was impressed that you seemed to have a little common sense.... but that impression just flew out the window

Answer 6

The reason is the education system and welfare system together. The US education system is so awful that many of it's graduates go straight to welfare. People on welfare are not able to support themselves let alone support a family, which is the essence of a community, which the essence of a town, and so on. Take away welfare or take away education, you do not need both. This is not a Republican or Democratic issue - look at Baltimore (Dem city in a Dem state) it has one of worst school systems, and one of the highest welfare budgets and crime. Why would any family want to live there? It's also up to the individual to take responsibility and go out and educate and improve themselves or to get a job - whatever job it may be. The government is not responsible for painting your house or teaching your kids morals.

Answer 7

You're right. There are certain parts of the US, such as Appalachia, for example, that are especially poor. If anything, I think it's rather telling when an organization such as Feed the Children, which is devoted largely to feeding children in underdeveloped countries, also devotes a lot of its resources to feeding poor children here in the US. Unfortunately, our social services only go so far.

Answer 8

Yes the Parts that are South of the U.S./Mexico boarder are like 3rd world countries... But as far as here in the States, NO there are no areas that compare to actual 3rd world countries. I have never in all my traveling seen any place in the U.S.A. that have houses made of mud and little kids starving and famished to the point of death, Not in epidemic proportions anyway... If that happens to a child here it's because of Neglect from the parents and that's it. In 3rd world countries it's caused from people not having any other choice but to wait for the next meal. We have so much here and we give back to our communities with shelters and food kitchens where our homeless and less fortunate can eat and sleep... 3rd world countries DON'T have such a thing.

So don't try and play the "Poor" America card.... We have it made compared to a lot of countries.... And as far as our infant mortality rate rising... Look into the reasons for it, I'm sure it's not from the same reasons as children in poor African countries, Ours is more likely from uneducated kids having babies and neglecting them, or people doing drugs and alcohol during their pregnancy, Kid being murdered by their parents or young girls killing the baby so they don't have to explain it to their parents. It's not from disease and malnutrition brought on by lack of options.

Answer 9

I have been to and worked in most parts of West Africa and I ask this question every time I come back and visit down south.... You are accurate, but some of these city dwellers who only walk on the white side of town will try and rubbish your question... Very, Very true, but that is unbridled capitalism for you, pay or starve.

Don't believe me, go to some of the dwellings in Dallas and see for yourself.. and this is before you go far down South.

EDIT: Reading some of the answers it looks like you have hit a nerve... and that has to be a good thing.

Answer 10

In the Detroit area thousands of hard working people have been sold out and are now poor.
Nafta and outsourcing pulled the rug out from these people to employ third world labor at slave wages with no safety or environmental regulations.
People that worked hard all of their lives now can't even get a job at Mcdonalds as few jobs are left.
Our governor's solution? raise taxes!

Answer 11

I wholeheartedly agree with you. We can't even have the abortion debate as we are killing children anyway.

We need serious health care and education reform in America, which will help counteract both these ills.

People don't seem to understand that socialist institutions are a part of American society all ready (hello fire dept.) and that with continued extreme disparity we will no longer be a world's superpower.

And for wingshooter we give less than 0.01% of our GDP to foreign aid.