Showing posts with label American. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American. Show all posts

Friday, May 4, 2012

City Talk: Neera Tanden, Center for American Progress

City Talk: Neera Tanden, Center for American Progress Tube. Duration : 29.48 Mins.


Doug is joined by Neera Tanden this week. President and former COO of the Center for American Progress (CAP), Tanden helps run one of the most influential think tanks in Washington, DC Tanden has worked on domestic policy both on Capitol Hill and in think tanks since graduating from Yale Law School. She helped the 2008 Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign shape its policy proposals, and worked on Clinton's plans for new energy policies, economic and health-care reforms, as well as her plan to end the Iraq war. Taped: 03-27-2012 City Talk is CUNY TV's forum for politics and public affairs. City Talk presents lively discussion of New York City issues, with the people that help make this city function. City Talk is hosted by Professor Doug Muzzio, co-director of the Center for the Study of Leadership in Government and the founder and former director of the Baruch College Survey Research Unit, both at Baruch College's School of Public Affairs.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

American Wealth vs. Third World Poverty

The United States is undeniably the richest and most marvelous nation ever on the face of the earth. The gross domestic goods (Gdp) of the U.S. Is larger than the next two biggest economies combined, which in China and Japan. The U.S. Economy outproduces the combined economies of over forty-seven poor nations, which account for 53 percent of the population of the world. These forty-seven nations consist of China and India. But on an personel scale, just how does the wage of the mean American compare to the mean wage of the poor of the world?

In 2000 the per capita wage of the U.S. Was 360 percent higher than the world's mean per capita wage (Cpi). The U.S. Boasted a Cpi of ,100 while the mean world Cpi was ,410 (measured in international dollars). This does not give an literal, photograph because the world's mean Cpi includes the U.S and the other wealthy nations of Europe. Therefore, lets look at the 56 percent of the world's population who consist of the world's poor.

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According to statistics from the World Bank, 56 percent of the world's population lives in extreme poverty. They survive on an wage of less than 0 per year or per day. Half of the worlds poor who consist of 28 percent of the world's population live on or less per day. In comparison, the mean American earns from 46 to 92 times more than the poverty stricken comprising over half the world's population.

American Wealth vs. Third World Poverty

If you are like me, you might say but things are so much Economy in poverty stricken countries. Yes, many things are Economy but we now live in a global market. Food is an international commodity. The cultivation of third world food is normally much more labor laberious and is often more high-priced than food grown on America's mechanized farms. Yet, American's spend and mean of ,400 per year per man on food and beverages. That 365 percent more than the total mean wage of over half the population in the world.

Accounting for every man, woman and child in the U.S., Americans spend an mean of .20 per day on cosmetics, perfume and skin and hair care products; over .50 a day on jewelry; nearly on furniture and other household goods; over per day on clothing; gambling totals practically per day; over a day is spent on automobiles and trucks; and over on food. Americans simply live a lifestyle that is beyond imagination for most of the poor in the world.

The Bible describes a nation called Babylon. Revelation 17 and 18 say that Babylon will be destroyed. God says that this destruction is his judgment on the nation. Revelation 18 clearly describes Babylon as the richest nation on earth. It is the nation to whom the merchants of the earth sell their goods. The U.S. Is the largest importer in the world. In 2000, the U.S. Imported .867 trillion in goods and services. Americans need to repent and turn back to God.

American Wealth vs. Third World Poverty

Thursday, January 12, 2012

American SiCKO Adrian Campbell Montgomery Tells the White House Single Payer's the Answer

American SiCKO Adrian Campbell Montgomery Tells the White House Single Payer's the Answer Video Clips. Duration : 2.08 Mins.


www.wxyz.com DEARBORN, Mich. (WXYZ) - Participants at the first White House Regional Forum on Health Care Reform heard from many people who have horror stories about their health care. One participant was Adrian Campbell Montgomery. The young mother told the crowd about her battles with cancer. At 22 she was diagnosed with cervical cancer, but was denied a common treatment because she was too young. The surgery doctors wanted for her was only recommended was patients 26-years-old or older. Montgomery was able to recover, but 4 years later she is still in debt from the treatments. Montgomery, who has no health insurance, has also been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She says the diagnoses alone has already put her another 000 in debt. Montgomery's wasn't the only story told at today's forum. A nurse told the crowd that while she is fully insured her son isn't covered. These White House forums are designed to help the President's staff prepare a health care reforms, with the idea to have a package ready for his signature by the fall. Today's event was hosted by Governor Jennifer Granholm and Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle. Melody Barnes, President Barack Obama's Domestic Policy Council director, was there representing the White House. In addition to the forums, the White House has set up a website that you can send your story too. FLASHBACK -- Adrian Campbell Makes a Run for the Border in 'SiCKO': www.youtube.com Adrian Campbell runs for Livingston County Commissioner in ...

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