Poverty Shmoverty

Barbara Ehrenreich is loads of laughs on the "Culture of Poverty" idiocy that has poisoned American politics for more than two generations.  When you get right down to it, poverty is not only torture for the poor, but a horrible drain on the economy for the rest of the nation.  With our wonderful disparity of wealth, the whole of the 99% suffer because so many of our brothers and sisters don't have anywhere near enough money to survive let alone thrive.  The jobs don't pay enough, the workers don't have union representation, and the whole of the community suffers.  Even if you are one of the ones who are doing okay, you would be doing better running your store or your restaurant or your bike shop or working your worky job doing whatever stupid thing it is you do if the poorest of the poor weren't so very poor.  More money swirling around in the economy--and less money mouldering in the trust funds of the 1%--helps everybody, and if poverty is reduced, everyone benefits, so let's raise that minimum wage, pass the fucking card check, and pass universal or single-payer healthcare already!  Assholes.