"Poverty, by America": Author Matthew Desmond on How U.S. Punishes the Poor & Rewards the Wealthy

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A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that poverty is the fourth-greatest cause of death in the United States. Roughly 500 people die from poverty in the U.S. every day. Our guest, sociologist Matthew Desmond, is the author of the new book, Poverty, by America_, the follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning book _Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. "There's so much poverty in America, not in spite of our wealth, but because of it," says Desmond in an in-depth interview.
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@redlaur
@redlaur Жыл бұрын
Poverty isn't that we can't feed the Poor !! It's because we can't satisfy the Rich !!!
@NoOneIsHome
@NoOneIsHome Жыл бұрын
@sandrajones1609
@sandrajones1609 Жыл бұрын
You said it!
@GGT950
@GGT950 Жыл бұрын
✅✅✅
@chinavaughan6383
@chinavaughan6383 Жыл бұрын
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@slass6530
@slass6530 Жыл бұрын
Poverty is because we're feeding Americans drugs coming through our borders and teaching them to live off the government. We have more addicts/alcoholics on our streets than ever before, exponentially. Then we tell everyone that America is too expensive to live in so live off the government. NO ONE, IS WILLING TO WORK HARD ANYMORE . Americans are the weakest humans on this planet. Stop whining and everyone go back to work to support your damn families!! Become home of the brave and land of the free again. We've lost all honor in what it means to live in this beautiful country.
@jamesharrison6569
@jamesharrison6569 Жыл бұрын
This is scary. Rich people pay politicians to make sure they get access to taxpayer funds first when banks shutter or they're in jeopardy of losing all their money. I feel bad for the lowest paid workers that may be affected, but not CEO's. A lot of them have created this abusive corporate pay structure where they are paid 300 to 400 percent the salary of entry level workers. Most add very little value. They posture and perform with speeches, meetings, and excessive travel to provide the appearance of working hard. It's a con.
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@jamesgeorge5896 Жыл бұрын
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@edward.abraham
@edward.abraham 8 ай бұрын
Since Biden took office, there seem to have been more unfavorable results in America. These results include effects on the markets, such as price declines and sharp increases in inflation, as well as bank failures. I wonder if the sudden increase in interest rates will help value investors or if it would be wiser to stay away from the stock and financial markets for the time being.
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@Believer292 8 ай бұрын
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@josephhughes9583 Жыл бұрын
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@gregorynuttall Жыл бұрын
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@bibekjung7404 Жыл бұрын
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@hopeking3588
@hopeking3588 Жыл бұрын
Its in the bible too.its says says that the rich exploit the poor i forgot where it is ar but its in there. Whoa to you who exploit the poor says God!
@HerrschmannNachmann
@HerrschmannNachmann Жыл бұрын
... but only one half of it ... the rest is made out of the hell of the rich... ... you really should go and see a doctor, if you are a rich sucker enjoying the situation and declare this hellhole to be the paradise..."
@djondjon
@djondjon Жыл бұрын
Exactly! 😢
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
You are a liar the too five percent pay over half the federal taxes and get next to nothing in return on the other hand middle class recurve more ss and medicare than they pay in the poor recieve free healthcare cash assistance food assistance and more
@terriej123
@terriej123 Жыл бұрын
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@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
Why
@ArtyFactual_Intelligence
@ArtyFactual_Intelligence Жыл бұрын
Where's the Democrat that will DO that.
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
Why do you think your entitled to someone' else's labor republicans party of Lincoln democrats party of Bernie Sanders
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@mrmakeshft Жыл бұрын
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@mrmakeshft Жыл бұрын
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@kittykat--
@kittykat-- Жыл бұрын
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@Gladys_smith
@Gladys_smith Жыл бұрын
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@-Pamela
@-Pamela Жыл бұрын
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@crimestoppers1877 17 күн бұрын
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@dianahill5116 Жыл бұрын
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@first-gordonchang9510 Жыл бұрын
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@netherportals Жыл бұрын
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@laurab9867
@laurab9867 Жыл бұрын
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@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
The wealth inequality exist because of democrat handouts allow people to have resources without takeing skilled labor you can drop out of school get a low skilled job and get subsidized housing food assistance and free healthcare and then blame the orthopedic surgeon who after going to college maney years and working long hours for earning 400000 a year
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
There are skilled good paying jobs why live in poverty are you a bum
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@jagodah1130 Жыл бұрын
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@sourpatchkid394
@sourpatchkid394 Жыл бұрын
If you want to start a business and get ahead, you almost have to be connected / rich already to get ahead. It’s horrible. They make it so hard with so much bureaucracy. You are right. I think we need to have more jobs. Besides cheap labor and more jobs for everyone. Some states the biggest jobs are from Walmart. It’s depressing
@flexaeterna
@flexaeterna Жыл бұрын
The wealth inequality across the world is disgusting. Not just US
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@crimestoppers1877 17 күн бұрын
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@terriwinkle9366
@terriwinkle9366 Жыл бұрын
People are often referred/connected to a program, only to be denied benefits supposedly available through that program. Poverty threshold 2022 was $3k per month. Meanwhile, income limits for many programs hover around $1k - $1.5k per month, unless there is a minor child in the home. ~ Thank you for this most informative, lay-person-friendly explanation. I will be sharing and hoping people will listen...All the best
@bluewaters3100
@bluewaters3100 Жыл бұрын
My sister makes $20.00 more than the cutoff for medicaid so even though she can't work and needs medical help they won't give it to her. It just makes me mad. She is on SSI.
@scifirealism5943
@scifirealism5943 11 ай бұрын
​@bluewaters3100 that's messed up
@scifirealism5943
@scifirealism5943 11 ай бұрын
​@bluewaters3100 the reason politicians restrict welfare is because poor people won't work for slave wages if they have government benefits.
@mactastic144
@mactastic144 6 ай бұрын
@@scifirealism5943 You weren't paying attention to what Matthew Desmond said. It's not only about income - it's about opportunity (choice).
@scifirealism5943
@scifirealism5943 6 ай бұрын
@mactastic144 freedom. Yes. Which politicians don't want poor people to have.
@ryana42
@ryana42 Жыл бұрын
38 million in poverty, and we have 150 trillion in wealth. Trillion.
@laluba3603
@laluba3603 Жыл бұрын
@paulheydarian1281
@paulheydarian1281 Жыл бұрын
That's more people than all of Canada.
@C02045
@C02045 Жыл бұрын
That’s more people than the whole of China let alone the USA. Check your figures. One, two, three, four….. Tell us when you are finished!
@sandrajones1609
@sandrajones1609 Жыл бұрын
Maybe we just need a few people who are good at counting?
@slass6530
@slass6530 Жыл бұрын
38 million is 11% poverty in America. That's less then Australia 13%, England 17% and Canada 15%. It would be wonderful if No one experienced poverty but for a capitalistic society to work there will always be poor and always be wealthy. Addiction, drugs smuggled through our borders and mental illnesses are the top 3 causess of poverty in America. Living off the government without productive input will cause American Bankrupcy. Go back to work people, covid is over, stop living off the system...it WILL break!
@gracerichards592
@gracerichards592 Жыл бұрын
Most people don't take these benefits because the mental stress they had go through just to got it they rather not and just go to the food banks...
@anntrope491
@anntrope491 Жыл бұрын
Spot on !!
@IMeMineWho
@IMeMineWho Жыл бұрын
MediCal and MediCare as well.
@Dtella55
@Dtella55 Жыл бұрын
💯💯🎯 and the food banks give you food that's unhealthy and expired been there when I got sick and was almost homeless...
@joseayala2940
@joseayala2940 Жыл бұрын
We have to get rid of Means testings policies.
@inthevault9603
@inthevault9603 Жыл бұрын
Once I went on welfare for less than a year and they made me feel 1) I had no business asking for help bc I was well educated (BA), 2) I had no right to own a vehicle ( it was a ‘78 truck!) and 3) I’m white (which I was the only Caucasian in the welfare office that day!) They humiliate you. It was an awful experience and my mom begged me not to go down to that office. But I’m glad I went bc it allowed me how discriminatory the welfare system is. And how they only want certain ppl in the system. IMO. Btw I started my teaching career less than a year after having my daughter. That was almost 24 years ago.
@trazzpalmer3199
@trazzpalmer3199 Жыл бұрын
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@bubbercakes528
@bubbercakes528 Жыл бұрын
I used to be upper middle class but succumbed to bipolar issues 36 years ago. There are many things which have been denied me because I own my home although if it were not for my ex-wife I would lose everything. The mentally ill are ignored because they are no considered handicapped. I also do not go after some welfare benefits because I feel ashamed. 😢
@dylanmaxey2531
@dylanmaxey2531 Жыл бұрын
Amen, bipolar unable to work after age 33 even though I tried. Took almost 3 years to get SSD. IN that time my student loans went into default since I could not work. Garnished my SSD for 13 years on what was originally a$4000 principle. Ended paying from garnishment over $23,000!! Could not go to college and retrain, survival living wears you down and kills your soul.
@bluewaters3100
@bluewaters3100 Жыл бұрын
@@dylanmaxey2531 That is really sad. Interest rates on everything are what is making people poor. Many blessings!
@jo9732
@jo9732 Жыл бұрын
Done feel ashamed. Take the money. Rich people and corporations take the handouts and you don’t see them ashamed. And they don’t even need it. Tell me again how much government money Exxon gets every year? Exactly. No shame. You do what you and your family need. Uncle sugar can just MAKE money so don’t stress it.
@jimmcloughlin
@jimmcloughlin Жыл бұрын
Friendly old Brit: I was puzzled when he was introduced as a Professor of Eviction, but was totally impressed by his intelligent lucidity and explanation of the nuts and bolts of life. I feel Unions were the key to poverty avoidance but Reagan dismantled them as did Thatcher in UK.
@Markdfadf
@Markdfadf Жыл бұрын
Reagan didn't dismantle any unions.he should have ended public sector unions as they are bloodsuckers but they still exist and everyone else pays for their largesse.
@junglecat_rant
@junglecat_rant Жыл бұрын
It's the people and the workers who can reestablish unions. No one will do the work for you. Organize and unionize.
@learnhowtouseessentialoils3704
@learnhowtouseessentialoils3704 Жыл бұрын
Yes Reagan did much to our system which affected my generation in the 80’s when we went to purchase homes our interest rates were at 15% and much more with the airlines and the stock market that have had widespread consequences on our economy. This professor of eviction has some good solutions
@Markdfadf
@Markdfadf Жыл бұрын
@@learnhowtouseessentialoils3704 ummm . What? Interest rates were high because of entrenched inflation. Volcker did what was necessary to end inflation. And Reagan courageously took the political hit because ending high inflation was the right thing to do. It was the single best thing any modern president has done. I have no idea what you tried to say about the stock market.
@donaldgraham6414
@donaldgraham6414 Жыл бұрын
Unions create poverty.
@mrbushlied7742
@mrbushlied7742 Жыл бұрын
"Let them eat cake!", Speaker McCarthy.
@monpayscanada
@monpayscanada Жыл бұрын
we all know what happened to her :)
@tanyalake9152
@tanyalake9152 Жыл бұрын
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@jesstiss222 Жыл бұрын
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@tanyalake9152
@tanyalake9152 Жыл бұрын
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@shirleya.osgood Жыл бұрын
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@goodnatureart
@goodnatureart 11 ай бұрын
One of the most important books I've read in America. Poverty by America Matthew Desmond hits a nerve on how profitable poverty is in the US
@johnwhitney1439
@johnwhitney1439 Жыл бұрын
As a seventy-two-year-old American the thought of a person being a billionaire was almost unimaginable but today here in America we have multi billionaire bordering on having a trillionaire by mid-century.
@grmpEqweer
@grmpEqweer Жыл бұрын
New gilded age.
@teckmenglee8060
@teckmenglee8060 Жыл бұрын
Extreme wealth inequality and you don't need to look far; just look at Biden, Pelosi, Pompeo's families wealth and you will be shocked at the amount.
@kayt9576
@kayt9576 Жыл бұрын
Yet there are millions dying in poverty and homeless!
@cosmicllama6910
@cosmicllama6910 Жыл бұрын
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@jackalcoyote8777
@jackalcoyote8777 Жыл бұрын
Back when you were born, anyone with 71428571 dollars was a billionaire by today's standards. The entitlements your generation stole from mine reduced the money and lessened its impact. Oh, you thought social security, taking money away from future generations, was a good idea? Look at all the inflation, all the deaths from poverty. Thanks, boomers.
@MicsteriousA1
@MicsteriousA1 Жыл бұрын
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@marycollins8215
@marycollins8215 Жыл бұрын
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@mlg4035
@mlg4035 Жыл бұрын
Matthew Desmond, f*cking brilliant, man! You NAILED it!! Poverty is not inevitable, IT IS A CHOICE America makes to guard the fortunes of the wealthy at the expense (literally!!) of the poor. I'm buying your book today to learn more...
@laurieauld7687
@laurieauld7687 Жыл бұрын
Homelessness = Trauma/PTSD
@tmnt10000
@tmnt10000 Жыл бұрын
Not necessarily.
@tanyalake9152
@tanyalake9152 Жыл бұрын
@Tee Cee - You are insane. You are still brainwashed to believe in so-called christianity/politics. Oh. The irony, hypocrisy, lies, and manipulations.
@davidanderson5245
@davidanderson5245 Жыл бұрын
Hello dear, how are you doing today?
@laurieauld7687
@laurieauld7687 Жыл бұрын
@@davidanderson5245 ✊
@davidanderson5245
@davidanderson5245 Жыл бұрын
@@laurieauld7687 how are you doing today?
@boombot934
@boombot934 Жыл бұрын
Free Public housing - basic human right! Free Public healthcare - basic human right! Free Public Higher Education - basic human right! Free Public Transportation - basic human right! People🙏❤ wake up, demand change! 😢
@ZMSportsnShorts
@ZMSportsnShorts Жыл бұрын
Nothing is free.
@anniethenonnymouse
@anniethenonnymouse Жыл бұрын
@@ZMSportsnShorts that's what taxes are for. Paying for things to benefit the citizens.
@anniethenonnymouse
@anniethenonnymouse Жыл бұрын
@@first-gordonchang9510 Found the TROLL. ☝
@chancefoxhauck475
@chancefoxhauck475 Жыл бұрын
Welfare rights are the government job to uphold. Liberty rights are in the hands of the people 🙌
@durkdiggler4346
@durkdiggler4346 Жыл бұрын
Lol what free?!
@Lyn_Marie_
@Lyn_Marie_ Жыл бұрын
Mathew Desmond, I applaud you, and thank you. Your Book will be next in line on my reading list. Thank you for your compassion and empathy.
@ROSE-mq3qd
@ROSE-mq3qd Жыл бұрын
This is brilliant discussion- thank you 🙏 I see in the UK so much money has been spent on housing programs that have benefited private rich landlords and property developers and yet we have an ongoing epidemic housing crisis with low income working families in temporary shelter. We are housing Ukrainian families first in my suburb where British families have been waiting for years on the housing register; which highlights to me housing can happen, the govt chooses who… It’s all building far right resentment and I fear that the outcome will be depressing for the younger generation. It’d be wonderful to see some kind of platform raising forum on this, to make governments accountable with hard data and evidence of their inaction - because at the moment there is a lot cheap words said by governments with MSM playing dumb for cash. In the UK private equity companies are running the private rental sector and the costs are going through the roof - people are paying more on rent than what the house would cost to buy but they can’t get a mortgage because they don’t have the deposit because literally all their money is going on housing and living / surviving - it’s this awful catch 22 for ordinary working families. I can’t see the govt doing anything, as many of the officials are linked to private equity firms - it’s like a corruption Ponzi scheme…
@Harperrr.99
@Harperrr.99 Жыл бұрын
America is currently plagued by the hydra-headed evil duo of inflation and recession. The worst part about this recession is that consumers are racking up credit card debt. In April alone, credit card debt went up 20% while rates have doubled in a year. Inflation is so high that consumers are literally taking debt for basic life necessities. Collapse has indeed begun..
@Aziz__0
@Aziz__0 Жыл бұрын
Collapse is generous 1st time in our history with a full generation that wasn't taught financial literacy, civics, Google fixes their problems if their parents don't do it for them. Reckoning for participation trophies is incoming.
@Blitcliffe
@Blitcliffe Жыл бұрын
@@corrySledd Hi Mate, please how can i reach this CFA of yours?
@Blitcliffe
@Blitcliffe Жыл бұрын
@@corrySledd She appears to be well-educated and well-read. I ran a Google search for her name and came across her website; thank you for sharing
@superezekill5688
@superezekill5688 Жыл бұрын
@@corrySledd You're "portfolio"? LMAO! You must be VERY privileged. The average American is living paycheck to paycheck and doesn't have enough money to save much less invest. They don't even know what a "portfolio" is. You're advice comes off very tone deaf, it is the equivalent of "let them eat cake"
@BodyByBenSLC
@BodyByBenSLC Жыл бұрын
We are not in recession. Recession is defined as 2 quarters on a row of economic slowing. Q1 23 numbers have not come out yet, but Q3 and 4 of 2022 the economic grew! By definition we are not in recession and at minimum 3 months away from one.
@Parasatchitananda
@Parasatchitananda Жыл бұрын
"I want a country that does a lot more to fight poverty than it does to guard fortunes." Yes.
@mamacryright5740
@mamacryright5740 Жыл бұрын
China socialism with Chinese characteristics govern
@derektomlinson6514
@derektomlinson6514 Жыл бұрын
Stop the spending on US war machine world wide and spend the money building the US to its former self, the war machine only enriches the elite globalists and not the people of the US. You want real change teach your children that.
@lynettedundon1410
@lynettedundon1410 Жыл бұрын
👍
@kenbowser5622
@kenbowser5622 Жыл бұрын
I like that comment
@Markdfadf
@Markdfadf Жыл бұрын
I want a country that protects property rights and doesn't steal from people, which results in the greatest prosperity for the greatest number of people.
@LauraVolpintesta
@LauraVolpintesta Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this I’m so angry about my college teaching career turning into a crappy, insecure, precarious and low paying gig.
@bluewaters3100
@bluewaters3100 Жыл бұрын
My daughter was a teacher for a few yaers before having her kids. I sat in and helped sometimes. It is a very stressful job and underpaid. She homeschools her kids now. Her husband works at home and they live very frugally. They were lucky to have bought a reasonally priced house back in 2009. Otherwise I don't know how they would make it now with rents and houses being so high. But remember...teachers are important in the lives of children. There are so many weird ones out there now and it concerns me.
@asruluveira
@asruluveira Жыл бұрын
if you vote for republican I feel sorry for u. If you vote for Biden and democrats. I just wanna lol and then ROFL at u
@admirosmani3765
@admirosmani3765 Жыл бұрын
What a sharp and accurate analysis made by the professor
@rigil5477
@rigil5477 Жыл бұрын
@06:47. Matthew Desmond: "One of the obstacles is that we do a very bad job connecting families to the programs they need and deserve. Sometimes, we literally just don't spend the money on fighting poverty. So, if you look at a program like the Temporary Assistance For Needy Families program, or TANF, this is cash welfare. For every dollar budgeted for TANF, only 22¢ ends up in the family's pocket. What's going on here? Well, states have ALOT OF DISCRETION ABOUT HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY. They spend it in really creative ways. Some states use those dollars to fund christian summer camps for absteinance-only education, marriage-initiatives. Things that have NOTHING TO DO WITH ALLEVIATING POVERTY. Many states don't even spend the money. Last time I checked, Tennessee was sitting on over $700 million on UNSPENT WELFARE DOLLARS." (emphasis added)
@tschorsch
@tschorsch Жыл бұрын
Red states generally steal from the poor, and they're welfare states that can't actually meet their budget and need subsidies from blue states.
@grmpEqweer
@grmpEqweer Жыл бұрын
Yup. Remember, those in power find the cruelty both useful and fun.
@Dtella55
@Dtella55 Жыл бұрын
💯💯🎯
@JacquelineHoman
@JacquelineHoman Жыл бұрын
That's due to the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 converting AFDC into TANF and turning welfare aid for the poor into block grants to the states with financial incentives from the federal government to states that reduced the number of poor on their welfare rolls. Additionally, the redirection of cash welfare aid from being directly paid to the poor to being paid to states in the form of block grants also came with a no-strings-attached policy as far as how the states chose to spend the money. They were free to NOT use any of it to help the poor and instead use it as they saw fit for their own agendas, including programs that "teach marriage" to poor single mothers as an anti-poverty measure. So we can all thank the legislative architects of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 for this boondoggle-as well as all the selfish, vicious mean-spirited voters who clamored for it and voted for the politicians who campaigned on it, and who've continued to support the agenda of callous far-Right politicians up through today who campaign on promises to keep hurting the poor in order to give the privileged and the lucky and comfortably off even more.
@elizalee1214
@elizalee1214 Жыл бұрын
That's definitely related to corruption.
@janedvinsson
@janedvinsson Жыл бұрын
I often come back to what my grandmother said. She said in the 60s in Sweden, that now this country is enough wealthy that nobody in Sweden needs to go hungry and not have a "roof" over their head...I always understood that as that she said that if society does not help in such a situation it's a big shame on society, a shame on the people in a country to not see to that. That's how I always feel, if I have things over and someone needs help and suffer I have to help, I would feel ashamed if I did not help. That is how the health and social system are built up in Sweden, we have laws for that; if society, communes, do not live up that they are breaking the law, and the more wealthy society gets the more help for the vulnerable increase, they have the right to have as good a life as anybody.
@adrianakusieluskus8941
@adrianakusieluskus8941 Жыл бұрын
Love you ❣️🙏
@janedvinsson
@janedvinsson Жыл бұрын
@@adrianakusieluskus8941 Thank you!
@FatFrankie42
@FatFrankie42 8 ай бұрын
Sweden FTW!! If only the mindset in the US was 1/2 as humane & governed according to meeting the needs of **all** people in the country instead of giving the few ultra-rich everything they want & the many poor & impoverished nothing they need. If I thought a disabled US citizen had an icecube's chance in Hades of being allowed to emigrate to Sweden, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I doubt there are many countries in the world that want to let people from the US come in as immigrants, just based on the general attitude of Americans overall & the US's currently barbaric immigration policies & nasty habit of interference with other countries for the benefit& interests of the US & decidedly **not** in the best interests or betterment of the other countries. As someone who has been lucky enough to be able to travel to many other countries, I know how Americans, especially American tourists, tend to be viewed by people in the countries I've visited (which is not with high esteem, to say the least). Our poor reputation is sadly well-deserved, I've witnessed the shenanigans of many US tourists & felt embarrassed for their sake because they clearly weren't feeling embarrassed for themselves. I just really hope I didn't add to the negative reputation of Americans myself while I was visiting other countries, hopefully my hope isn't misplaced....
@FatFrankie42
@FatFrankie42 8 ай бұрын
PS: FTW = For The Win 😊
@mercy3219
@mercy3219 Жыл бұрын
When I married, we converted my condo to a rental. We maintained an affordable rent, lower than others in the neighborhood, and didn't increase rents until our tenants moved. Over 30 years, we had only 2 of the 8 tenants did not leave the place in a state where we didn't have to spend thousands on repairs and cleaning. The last tenants cost us $25K in damages. "It's a rental" was the attitude. We live in the Bay Area (CA) -- we were done! So, now the person buying our unit increased the rents by 75%. Teaching people how to treat other people's belongings would go a long way in growing good landlords as well as good renters.
@HerMajesty1
@HerMajesty1 Жыл бұрын
This is why I didn't invest in rental properties. My ex had one, they never paid the rent and when he finally got them evicted, they had completed destroyed the property. Took everything, cabinets, toilets, copper, and then wiped poo all over the walls and floors.
@mercy3219
@mercy3219 Жыл бұрын
@@HerMajesty1 I'm so sorry that happened to you! Even with professional screeners (we have a professional management company doing it), you can still get a "unfit" renter. The last one we had worked, was in his late 40s-early 50s, had been a renter his whole life, but! Mommy had always paid the rent (and cleaned up his messes). When that type of thing happens and you meet the person who presents themselves well (at least once😉), it is difficult to filter. The people you had were not only unfit, they were vengeful. The only thing I can say about vengeful people is they tend to attract other vengeful people. That's fine because they will eventually meet someone who has mastered the game of revenge! And, you may guess what happens next!
@davidhutchinson5233
@davidhutchinson5233 Жыл бұрын
The American people are kept in a hopeless state because hopeless people don't vote or participate in social movements. The UK's Tony Benn said that many many years ago. It's quite simple actually. Thank you Professor Desmond for this much needed treatise on the reality of living in the not so United States.
@psterling4321
@psterling4321 Жыл бұрын
I know this man means well… so I’ll say this: corporations should not have the ability to own homes. Housing should not be monetized. No more landlords. No single person can own more than one home. Federal rent control. Unionize all workers in the US. Cap income @ $685k
@jackalcoyote8777
@jackalcoyote8777 Жыл бұрын
Each and every one of these policies will take a bad situation and make it far worse.
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
That would mean deep poverty for everyone economics is not your strong point is it
@cheri238
@cheri238 Жыл бұрын
Good, morning Amy, Juan and team Democracy Now. Thank you for having Professor Matthew Desmond on.
@sandrajones1609
@sandrajones1609 Жыл бұрын
Invocative and uplifting... the only constant is change and BIG change means BIG improvement is possible 🤭
@davidanderson5245
@davidanderson5245 Жыл бұрын
Hello Cheri, how are you doing today?
@joshmartin125
@joshmartin125 22 күн бұрын
Matthew Desmond, thank you for this wonderful interview and your literary contributions about US poverty. Well done!
@taylormade9971
@taylormade9971 Жыл бұрын
I just want to say that I rented out a 3 bedroom house I own in AZ to a Hispanic family of 6 who had no credit and were illegal. I rented it to them for only 1000 bucks a month because I care about children and human beings... My house was valued at 225 grand when they moved in. And it's now valued at 312 grand because of the work they did on my house at their own expense. They planted citrus trees in my backyard. Set up a watering system. Replaced the garage door. Re-paved my driveway and sealed it and fixed every electrical problem... They were the hardest working most honest and kind people I've ever met. We remain friends to this day.
@Octoberfurst
@Octoberfurst Жыл бұрын
Very well said! I find it appalling that in the richest nation on Earth we have so many people living in poverty and hundreds of thousands homeless. We need to demand better!
@TeaParty1776
@TeaParty1776 Жыл бұрын
End zoning laws
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
You need to do better have the government tax you more to pay for more social programs someone has to pay for them if not you than who
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
We are not the richest country on earth not the second or third neither check how far down we are in terms of wealth
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
Are you financialally supporting someone in need of not why not
@TeaParty1776
@TeaParty1776 Жыл бұрын
Its an outrage that taxes and regulations prevent increased production. Its an unpleasant coincidence that the Leftist NYT has a recent story on zoning laws decreasing the supply of housing. This has been confirrmed by staff at the Biden White House. An online search will quickly provide a large number of similar views by other Leftists. Carry on!
@sharondavid-melly1498
@sharondavid-melly1498 Жыл бұрын
Why do we allow child poverty and then force-birth women who can't afford pregnancy?? We need to require churches to pay taxes!
@sethbrown9967
@sethbrown9967 Жыл бұрын
Hear hear!
@kimberlychodur3508
@kimberlychodur3508 Жыл бұрын
The Senator from Nebraska gave the real reason, he was talking about all the abortions in his state in the last 10 years and how those aborted could have been a future worker. That’s their real incentive, to create more workers through forced birth. Of course if they’re born in poverty most likely they will end up in low paying jobs too.
@godmessiahprophetgersonmel242
@godmessiahprophetgersonmel242 Жыл бұрын
Pay oldest new earth God Messiah prophet gerson melius presil upper middle elites classes budgets trillion dollars balance USA Haiti oldest new earth clays666-377:456+466 trillion dollars sheet?
@90sajen
@90sajen Жыл бұрын
Capitalism :(
@ronaldharding3927
@ronaldharding3927 Жыл бұрын
Take money from those who help people. Give it to a government that gives it to corporations and the multibillionaires. Wisdom seems to be nonexistent. Do you live in a $500000 castle btw?
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@user-ju7ws3vb6b Жыл бұрын
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@user-ju7ws3vb6b Жыл бұрын
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@user-ju7ws3vb6b
@user-ju7ws3vb6b Жыл бұрын
HE IS ON TELEGRAM.S....
@edwardbyrd6621
@edwardbyrd6621 Жыл бұрын
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@isabellaandrew364 Жыл бұрын
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@shinsekierik4318 Жыл бұрын
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@stevenhanson6057
@stevenhanson6057 Жыл бұрын
“If you tax corporations, they’ll just raise prices.” Fast forward to record profits. “Wow we should have raised their taxes!”
@AMYV3
@AMYV3 Жыл бұрын
Here in Canada. We’ve had child tax benefits Baby bonus for years. My twin sons are 32 and I received it for them. And my daughter she’s 18 it just ended. You get around $600 on the 20th of each month. An extra $100 for children under 6. And if your child is disabled they add another $250. Until 18. Everyone gets it. That makes around $75,000 a year less at that point and goes down from there. That has nothing to do with welfare or disability that’s separate.
@whygohome172
@whygohome172 Жыл бұрын
You just made republican's heads explode!
@helpanimals-
@helpanimals- Жыл бұрын
maybe stop having kids if you can't afford them. We have an overpopulation anyway, like twin boys weren't enough for you?
@grmpEqweer
@grmpEqweer Жыл бұрын
A certain amount of people here would not vote for that, because black and brown people would get it too. Even if the majority of people who would recieve it would be white.🤬
@generationofswine-ge5rw
@generationofswine-ge5rw Жыл бұрын
Here in Canada, the social safety net in every province has been deliberately made dysfunctional, making homelessness an ongoing crisis in cities, just like in America. We never had homelessness like this prior to 1995 in Ontario. Conservative Mike Harris ran for premier on the promise to "kick those lazy bums off welfare." He cut welfare benefits by 25% and mass evictions and homelessness was the predicted result. The cost of having homelessness is in the billions per year, since "charities" that run soup kitchens and shelters are booming, and the costs are exponentially more than any supposed savings from the cuts, which BTW didn't affect the budget for social assistance at all. It was the beginning of right wing politicians running for office not on a platform or a set of ideas and plans, but simply a promise to use the power of gov't to hurt certain vulnerable people on behalf of their mean-spirited voters. it was bad then, but I never thought it would reach the degree of anti-social behavior and cruelty that has emerged in the Trump era. I shudder to think of the brutal austerity to come should Canadians be stupid enough to elect a conservative federal gov't. Their voters don't even try to deny their cruelty and deliberate hateful actions.
@grmpEqweer
@grmpEqweer Жыл бұрын
@@generationofswine-ge5rw Yeah, Britain followed our lead on Neoliberalism. I'll leave it to you to look up what Neoliberalism really is? But I think you've seen it. Maggie Thatcher said "there is no such thing as a society."
@poeboypoe
@poeboypoe Жыл бұрын
We have to organize. We can't just leave a message after seeing something like this and just go on with life. I'm tired of this. We need to demand change. Our politicians are beholden to the corporations and wealthy. Let us call for the end of lobbying in politics and the end of citizens united.
@icjulia2
@icjulia2 Жыл бұрын
Vote Trump 2024.
@poeboypoe
@poeboypoe Жыл бұрын
@@icjulia2 your kidding right. Trump is probably the worst as far as politicians go. In his first term he cut taxes for the rich and put people in power who worked for corporations. He is a fraud, a scam artist. He does not care about the Average American person. And Joe Biden is no better. They are all the same.
@jorgemarin7303
@jorgemarin7303 Жыл бұрын
@@icjulia2 thank you for supporting another corporate pig who cut the taxes by 50 % for the top 1% we appreciate your Peter pan economics
@starr9505
@starr9505 Жыл бұрын
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. @poeboypotry..
@kieranjaegar
@kieranjaegar Жыл бұрын
On my way.
@RodeoDogLover
@RodeoDogLover 6 ай бұрын
“I want a country that does a lot more to fight poverty than it does to guard fortunes.” Brilliant. ❤
@gaillanders3725
@gaillanders3725 Жыл бұрын
I will be buying his books tomorrow thank you for this information.
@farmerjohn6526
@farmerjohn6526 Жыл бұрын
I will be burning his book if i find it at the goodwill.
@captainwin6333
@captainwin6333 Жыл бұрын
The richest country in the world but it's a country with the meanest heart.
@jackalcoyote8777
@jackalcoyote8777 Жыл бұрын
You clearly haven't been to United Arab Emirates.
@ronaldreagan-ik6hz
@ronaldreagan-ik6hz Жыл бұрын
That is a horrible lie
@johnwhitney1439
@johnwhitney1439 Жыл бұрын
The worst program that the HUD Administration came up with was the Section 8 program, where landlords could rent a $400 a month property for $1,200 a month with the $800 subsidy from the HUD program. HUD would come out best by using that money for the purchase of the home that's being subsidized as rentals.
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
So poor people get for free what others have to work for wow
@harbinger6562
@harbinger6562 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Democracy Now1❤🙏🏻
@janiceolds8852
@janiceolds8852 Жыл бұрын
An OUTSTANDING interview with Professor Desmond.
@macharius3983
@macharius3983 Жыл бұрын
Poor people suffering is something that conservatives and wealthy liberals both agree on, which is why things are not going to get better and only worse.
@IMeMineWho
@IMeMineWho Жыл бұрын
#1 Comment.
@grmpEqweer
@grmpEqweer Жыл бұрын
Mmhmm. I remember when Bill Clinton threw the labor interests under the bus with NAFTA right after we got that 💩 elected.
@laluba3603
@laluba3603 Жыл бұрын
Vote money out of politics
@jwesplayinify
@jwesplayinify Жыл бұрын
This is not even mentioned in this segment, but they do bring up Trump and conservatives. DN has changes so much. Complete biased reporting.
@cosmicllama6910
@cosmicllama6910 Жыл бұрын
@@laluba3603 i don't think we can vote it out, that's why we're stuck in their Red team Vs. Blue team game
@bindercolman5265
@bindercolman5265 Жыл бұрын
Comparing tax breaks to welfare was spot on. Just like subsidies for corporations. 'A country that fights poverty rather than guards fortunes' Me too. 👏👏👏
@haleybrown2836
@haleybrown2836 Жыл бұрын
We don't engage in military conflicts to win but to keep the stock market healthy and to make the rich richer.
@newerest1
@newerest1 Жыл бұрын
Lol, letting people keep their own earnings is nothing like welfare..
@Picnuts
@Picnuts Жыл бұрын
​@@newerest1 It's about corporate welfare and tax cuts to the rich. And it's destroying America.
@shawnchurch316
@shawnchurch316 Жыл бұрын
@@newerest1 Tax cuts are the same as stealing less money from people.
@bindercolman5265
@bindercolman5265 Жыл бұрын
If your earnings are predicating on a rigged system like stock buybacks, tax evasion, deliberate exploitation, monopoly consolidation. It's exactly welfare. In fact I'd say it was wage theft along with theft from future generations. That's why we have a tiered tax system. It depends on your accounting of assets and liabilities. 😂 LOL
@Lyssabelyt23
@Lyssabelyt23 Жыл бұрын
I greatly appreciate you Democracy Now! Amy Goodman you’re awesome! Omg Matthew Desmond you are a true 💎 of a human being!!!
@rosalinaayala5963
@rosalinaayala5963 Жыл бұрын
I worked for NYCHA in NYC and every single family that was evicted had months and months of warning and court dates to solve their problems. However there does need to be a law against evicting the disabled and elderly poor and a government program to provide a guardianship for them.
@scifirealism5943
@scifirealism5943 11 ай бұрын
It can happen
@diannadima7082
@diannadima7082 Жыл бұрын
We have so many old buildings that could be restored for housing for the Homeless. And other low income population. We have been forgotten. We, the low income, will come to a place where we will all be homeless. At 80 years old I don't think I could survive it again.
@louisesumrell6331
@louisesumrell6331 Жыл бұрын
I'm an elderly, totally and permanently disabled US navy veteran. My income is $13,000 a year. Social Security has disabled me, not the VA.
@davidanderson5245
@davidanderson5245 Жыл бұрын
Hello dear, how are you doing today?
@margaretnorvell9555
@margaretnorvell9555 Жыл бұрын
I'm a vet as well. Are you getting any VA disability? Any Aid and Attendance?
@HendrixMichael-rk6fz
@HendrixMichael-rk6fz Жыл бұрын
Hi 👋
@garymoore3446
@garymoore3446 Жыл бұрын
Also I think people need to learn more about saving money, budgeting and staying out of debt...these basic things here will keep people strong!
@victorprice7431
@victorprice7431 Жыл бұрын
Why can't we have a president like Mr Matthew Desmond????
@TheDoomWizard
@TheDoomWizard Жыл бұрын
The book should have been called, "This literally feels like hell."
@boombot934
@boombot934 Жыл бұрын
Thank❤🌹🙏 you, Democracy Now team and Matthew Desmond, for reminding us that we need to demand CHANGE!..😢
@cb320
@cb320 Жыл бұрын
Amazing Author! Thanks for bringing his information in your Chanel!
@BroDCDAB
@BroDCDAB Жыл бұрын
Brilliant man. Great 👍 interview.
@truthbetold4178
@truthbetold4178 Жыл бұрын
👏 Brilliant voice. Thank you, Professor Desmond. Thank you, Democracy NOW. America, let's start a movement... NOW! ✊
@enzoh7763
@enzoh7763 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant voice indeed . When i heard Amy narrate from prof desmond a line, that strike me hard , Brought tears flowing immediately. My grandfather, a peasant. among peassnts , (thats not hyperbole) , who i nevet met, said this to his 3 young son , my father was the youngest . Trsnslating to english, THE POOR ALWAYS PAY MORE and EAT the MOST. EXPENSIVE. low. Quality. RICE , just to put a little food into the stomach to stave off starvation. 1 meal a day is the norm . That is poor , And they aren't just farmers, they take piece-meal jobs home to earn a bit of extra money . - Didn't understand it when i was very young then, but by mid teen, i understand it FULLY , on why , , why my father and uncles are quite frugal on msny things . I appreciate FRUGAL then, till now .
@sandrajones1609
@sandrajones1609 Жыл бұрын
I am here.
@neemz9361
@neemz9361 Жыл бұрын
In Mississippi welfare money is embezzled by and for the wealthy while denying 90% of welfare applicants
@TeaParty1776
@TeaParty1776 Жыл бұрын
Its stolen FROM the wealthy. no problem
@Ovan61
@Ovan61 Жыл бұрын
Brette Favre welfare fraud anyone?
@eddiekulp1241
@eddiekulp1241 Жыл бұрын
Not that bad
@elanamccullum1677
@elanamccullum1677 Жыл бұрын
💯💯💯
@scifirealism5943
@scifirealism5943 11 ай бұрын
That's messed up
@sfain333
@sfain333 8 ай бұрын
I just finished reading "Eviction". Even setting aside the subject matter, the way he paints pictures with is words is absolutely stunning. It's a beautiful work of art.
@julesplotnik5289
@julesplotnik5289 Жыл бұрын
I didn’t realize poverty has doubled. I was evicted from my Condos. The owner was not paying their mortgage. They skipped town. I had to live in my car for week. Thank God the YMC was down the road. For showers. They were helpful. Yes we need more organizations for people evicted .😇🙏🏻
@mamabear3217
@mamabear3217 Жыл бұрын
I love what the author said about the mark on the soul, is a mark on mental health. I have seen a lot of people go crazy because they don't understand how to make their resources work for them they work three jobs and are still unable to live comfortably, so it has to be solved, or society will implode.
@cintiapollock2486
@cintiapollock2486 Жыл бұрын
So true and they need to stop hiding good programs you can only apply for if you know about them and no one makes the info available! that's just dam mean! Then they complain that the poor do not take advantage of them and want to cancel them lol omg makes me want to pull my hair out so frustrated with the system!
@kimberlychodur3508
@kimberlychodur3508 Жыл бұрын
@@cintiapollock2486or the states that just sit on that money or take advantage of Medicaid expansion.
@8ofwands300
@8ofwands300 Жыл бұрын
💗💗💗💗
@cintiapollock2486
@cintiapollock2486 Жыл бұрын
@@kimberlychodur3508 exactly !
@cintiapollock2486
@cintiapollock2486 Жыл бұрын
@@LovesNeverEnding exactly Jennifer, you are the reason, made my point : ) I said that cause I have know so many people that has happened to self included. Its like a game you cant win an I am getting tired of playing
@Yonnie2436
@Yonnie2436 Жыл бұрын
The sad thing is, the people in office have no idea how average everyday people live, and they don't care. THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF EVIL 💔
@dom85esc1
@dom85esc1 Жыл бұрын
Being appointed to Congress was originally a role of public service, now its a get rich quick scheme!
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
If you were in charge what policies would you enact to change things
@dom85esc1
@dom85esc1 Жыл бұрын
@@fritzforsthoefel8031 I would push for policy that discouraged outstripping worker production with costs of goods that are necessities for living and prospering in this country. Discourage private investment taking out huge swaths of homes and encourage housing development to catch up on this shortage that we are now in. Discourage or tamp down on C-Suite compensation reaching a point that those companies were able to provide all employees with wages that met those necessary goods and services that provide a healthful and and satisfying life in this country. While also pushing for policy that encourage equity in the tax code. Preventing loop holes that benefit the wealthy that don't offer middle and lower classes to reap advantages as well. I would push for education costs to come down to a balanced level between wages and affordability for citizens. The people used to have a lot more spending power while the costs of those goods and services were also and a more affordable level. A rising tide should raise all ships it shows a major imbalance in our economy that it hasn't since supply-side economics initiated this trend. Where do you think the inflection point to where it has gone on for far too long in that direction lies? You have even Charley Munger calling the health system a disgrace. I mean, this experiment with a laissez faire version of capitalism has gone on too far. I mean when the wealthiest members of the economic system has such a stranglehold on lawmaking and resources that it is stealing the wealth out from underneath American Citizens to a point they can't thrive and live a healthy and satisfying life is beyond the pale. Thomas Jefferson, "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered." The context is damned close to the way things have become. And I don't see how that's calling for changes that reach clear over to the extremes of communism. Do you mean to say there is no inflection point that we shall reach a form of modern day feudalism? Where people live in squalor under the heels of the C-Suite in the name of a free country with a small government?
@crimestoppers1877
@crimestoppers1877 Жыл бұрын
@@fritzforsthoefel8031 I do NOT LOVE money or power!! I only want FREEDOM that you get from NOT paying debts and minmimizing paying taxes. If I do not buy I pay no sales taxes. I do not invest so I pay no income taxes. My income is very low which keeps me in a tax bracket so low that I do not even have to file my low income. I pay lots of money to a tax attorney to avoid taxes. At least the etx attorney is doing something, instead of being an advocate for laziness as a government employee.
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
Provide workers with a livable wage under your plan all you would have to do is drop out of school get a livable wage on the other hand if you go to college and become a doctor and work long hours and earn 400000 you will be taxed between local state and federal half your income how is that fair
@joycemansfield1108
@joycemansfield1108 Жыл бұрын
Im a woman whos divorced with no family and I worked for over 30 yrs as a hairdresser I am now 59 and had knee surgery at the exact time I was made homeless in ct now I'm ok but it took years of insecurity and renting rooms before I was finally called for hud housing now that I'm disabled what a nightmare that I'm still coming back from its only been 2 months no social program helped me get housing I'd still be homeless if I didn't get on this list ,everything mathew said is so true I lost everything and my sister in law stoled everything she and my brother have been terrible to me ,what mathew said about being poor is expensive is very true and the average efficiency or 1 bedroom apartment in ct is 1700 dollars after the pandemic so I've been a homeowner, then renter so I understand foreclosure and eviction there's so much to this story I can't believe I've lived through and understand about people it's unfair and society treats us like burdens in a state like this I can't believe there's not enough help.
@rindabarclay3119
@rindabarclay3119 Жыл бұрын
I pray in the name of Jesus that God Bless you and turn your situation around, Amen!
@kateskeys
@kateskeys Жыл бұрын
🌟🌟🌟🌟👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿 What a much needed discussion! Thanks to both of you!
@reginaerekson9139
@reginaerekson9139 Жыл бұрын
Housing Authority on both coasts is sketchy af! I have paperwork from my experience being twice homeless with the assistance of Housing Authority! Once it happens it’s SO hard to get out. If you make $15 hr what housing CAN you afford?
@JaysSavvy
@JaysSavvy Жыл бұрын
15$ an hour can afford a nice little house or apartment in Red Counties of Appalachia. But you are probably used to living in a blue city so you don't realize that rent isn't ridiculous everywhere - only in blue communities.
@bluewaters3100
@bluewaters3100 Жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@catladynj
@catladynj Жыл бұрын
Alot of problems stem from lack of descent jobs. This needs to be fixed. We don't manufacture any thing any more.
@Bigbudda12
@Bigbudda12 Жыл бұрын
We shame and belittle those in need. Pushing them away from any assistance. It’s a strategy. I’m sure you know. Stay alert, educate yourself. Live and love within your means. My motto.
@scifirealism5943
@scifirealism5943 Жыл бұрын
Yep.
@arthurturner9307
@arthurturner9307 Жыл бұрын
The country is crumbling an they're placing the blame on excessive federal spending on poor people 😂😂😂 shame shame shame
@richardkatz8713
@richardkatz8713 Жыл бұрын
"Deep scars on the next generation " well said!!!
@IMeMineWho
@IMeMineWho Жыл бұрын
This generation and seniors as well.
@Jeannette-ei9xd
@Jeannette-ei9xd Жыл бұрын
Great Word Matthew Desmond!🎉
@jonathandesselle7863
@jonathandesselle7863 Жыл бұрын
Elegant work.
@keithdixon4595
@keithdixon4595 Жыл бұрын
Democracy Now Great Reporting Amy hitting the nail right on the head poverty is a big problem in the richest Nation on Earth
@summerbrooks9922
@summerbrooks9922 Жыл бұрын
I agree with your argument but we are not the richest country on this planet. Go to the Emirates in the Persian Gulf. Latitudingly, go North to the lands of the Lights; Finland, Norway and Sweden, where few recent wars got fought. Those democracies are richer than us, by far. The average salary is around 83 thousand dollars with free education and medical.
@Dtella55
@Dtella55 Жыл бұрын
Exactly yet wealthy Americans get tax break to help other countries international and people here dying of hunger and homeless...take care of home first...not that people are entitled was already shaky b4 cvd now it's ten times worst...
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
The USA is not the richest nation on earth not the second nor the third you are wrong and base your opinions on falsehoods
@samf.s.7731
@samf.s.7731 Жыл бұрын
I'm getting a master's degree in public health, I am so reading his book 🙏
@grmpEqweer
@grmpEqweer Жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks for getting that education. You're needed.
@rigocarlos2397
@rigocarlos2397 Жыл бұрын
Go Sam go.
@Eagleheart73
@Eagleheart73 Жыл бұрын
Remember the people who need help, do what you can, please!
@raymundogonzalez6450
@raymundogonzalez6450 Жыл бұрын
Share it with you friends and Family
@stephenagyepong9638
@stephenagyepong9638 Жыл бұрын
let us treat poverty as a disease caused by mistrust of the system and its people causes the poor to care less about anything, even of themselves. It will be a good thesis to investigate for a PhD
@judymawhorter7301
@judymawhorter7301 Жыл бұрын
There was training also for future workers. Like electricity, plumbing, etc. They did not have to have college. Now you're expected to be anything you need 4 years at least and mostly that is not enough. It is an excellent experience to go to training and then get certified. The help that government could give would, in my belief, is cheaper than ending up with thousands of people on the streets.
@Cymatic-Mage
@Cymatic-Mage Жыл бұрын
This really gave me a new outlook on the poor issue.
@KaikalaMoon
@KaikalaMoon Жыл бұрын
The more money one has the more gifts and give-aways received. Conventions, black tie affairs, and the like are simple examples. Tax, credits, deductions, etc. are others. If you pretend to help poor people, even more money is made available. Thank you Mr. Desmond. Thank you Amy for this interview.
@grmpEqweer
@grmpEqweer Жыл бұрын
The top 10% can afford to give big campaign donations.
@letsomethingshine
@letsomethingshine Жыл бұрын
@@grmpEqweer And still come out of it have made more money, and not just from passive income, but from how the two parties structure government and economics FOR them.
@grmpEqweer
@grmpEqweer Жыл бұрын
@@letsomethingshine Exactly. The money they give politicians is an investment.
@TeaParty1776
@TeaParty1776 Жыл бұрын
In the "mind" of commies, there is only society, no productive work.
@mindyrosin
@mindyrosin Жыл бұрын
Wow! Our government should be so ashamed! I am disgusted to my core.
@davidanderson5245
@davidanderson5245 Жыл бұрын
Hello Mindy,how are you doing today?
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
You won't pay enough taxes to fund helping the poor shouldn't the disgust be with yourself
@mindyrosin
@mindyrosin Жыл бұрын
@@fritzforsthoefel8031 I pay more than the unscrupulous rich folks and corporations that get more government assistance from the tax funds than the poorest people in the US. The system needs to be corrected.
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
You lie proof of that look at the general accounting office numbers it tells who pays what the too five percent pay over half the federal taxes and get next to nothing in return
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
You do not pay enough taxes to cover our current deficit spending and you want more our children will be left with a bankrupt shell of a nation because of democrat handouts
@Steve.Zeinoddin
@Steve.Zeinoddin Жыл бұрын
Excellent points, bought the book. Hope I can help reducing poverty.
@vincentmasson437
@vincentmasson437 Жыл бұрын
This mans book Evicted is incredible.
@workinprogresssince1974
@workinprogresssince1974 Жыл бұрын
The same thing here in the UK. It's about keeping the rich rich, and the poor subservient to the system.
@scifirealism5943
@scifirealism5943 11 ай бұрын
Yep.
@jtt1928
@jtt1928 Жыл бұрын
Great discussion on this topic!It is very saddening! I’m an upper middle class Black American aka unicorn of sorts who’s income is over $300k & have been supplementing my poor church in south central L.A. + my grandmother’s church (plus many families)in Arkansas. It never seems to be enough!!I hate to admit that the lack of wealth is particularly concentrated within Black Life😢. This country has to do something for its people immediately! It’s getting worse by the day 🙌🏾🙏🏾.
@matronmalice9867
@matronmalice9867 Жыл бұрын
What more do you fucking want? There is no more to give. We are bankrupt and the dollar is failing but you want more. SMH
@benton-benton
@benton-benton Жыл бұрын
More Whites are poor than Blacks.
@Markdfadf
@Markdfadf Жыл бұрын
The government has one job. Protect property rights. That's it. Anything else creates a lower standard of living.
@fritzforsthoefel8031
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
You are exactly right
@cherfromtn8225
@cherfromtn8225 Жыл бұрын
You might find a book called "Understanding the Framework of Poverty" by Ruby Payne an interesting read since it sounds like you are trying to help people get out of poverty. (Your public library can probably interlibrary loan it.) It talks about the hidden belief systems that exist in each of our class systems (lower, middle, and upper class). These beliefs tend to keep us in the class into which we are born. These beliefs exist in all races, but they are tied to class--which is tied to education and often race. These beliefs make it difficult to get out of poverty. (Some of the examples in the book are a little extreme, because the book was written for teachers. So take what you can from the book, you may not agree with everything.)
@thearbrailia
@thearbrailia Жыл бұрын
I tried to get on programs during the pandemic when we had no income. I spent over 18 hours on the phone and all I could get was really bad health insurance for my son and I but not for my husband. No actual providers within 10 miles of me actually take my state exchange health insurance. I was told that we couldn't get food or bill help because I was married and I would need to be a single mom to get these programs. Mind you our income at this time was 0 and we had 42k in debt because my son's birth wasn't covered by our Obamacare plan. The state was supposed to help with my medical bills but the pandemic made the paperwork take longer than 6 months so I got disqualified and we were stuck with the debt at 17% interest. None of the programs work and they all are far too complicated for the average person to navigate.
@scottowensbyable
@scottowensbyable Жыл бұрын
Did you marry a deadbeat husband? Why wasn't he providing for his family?
@scifirealism5943
@scifirealism5943 Жыл бұрын
That's the point. Politicians don't want to end poverty.
@phongy45
@phongy45 Жыл бұрын
prof Desmond, rightly ..thanks
@CSmoothh
@CSmoothh Жыл бұрын
This type of information should be taught in mandatory financial literacy courses in highschools across the nation. One of the key ways to eradicating a problem is learning about it. A lot of people simply don't know this information and learning it at a younger age helps people develop habits into a adulthood that keep the problem at a minimum if not totally abolish it
@garysouza772
@garysouza772 Жыл бұрын
Can't begin to address decades of flat or declining wages and the accelerating cost of housing and health care. Necessary but far from sufficient.
@Estherbethe1...
@Estherbethe1... Жыл бұрын
✨🔥💖🔥✨ Absolutely correct 🎯💯🎯 Capitalism teaches children how to first use their bodies instead of their minds
@juverparadox
@juverparadox Жыл бұрын
Remember Trump: “I love the poorly educated” The lack of proper education, the ignorance of how other countries live, and the inability to criticize our system makes for a population that can be easily manipulated.
@lahbody7047
@lahbody7047 Жыл бұрын
What he said about being evicted was probably the best way I’ve ever heard it explained🎯
@YouTubeCensorsEverything
@YouTubeCensorsEverything Жыл бұрын
No. That was incredibly a dangerous downplay of how harmful it is to a human being to deprive them of shelter. The emotional toll isn't what kills you. It's the loss of water, power, and trash collection. You will never get an accurate analysis of poverty from someone at Princeton University. I bet this guy hasn't known a week without hair gel let alone without utilities.
@crimestoppers1877
@crimestoppers1877 Жыл бұрын
@@KZbinCensorsEverything Cry me a river. I have had a few bumps in life. Each time I was "homeless", but I just persevered until I could fight a new round. Winning! Very few of those I met "on the street" were focused on success instead if failure and victim-hood. Is that one reason for failure..or success? Life is beautiful from here. Work and prove what you can do. Or you can wallow in misery and excuses and blame those who are active and productive for your failures. Take the "Red pill" and enjoy life.
@YouTubeCensorsEverything
@YouTubeCensorsEverything Жыл бұрын
@@crimestoppers1877 That very stereotypical view of poverty is exactly why the problems grow worse. Keep trying the same thing over and over then it will just fail(as it has for decades) over and over. That right wing approach has seen more failures than a bottomless canteen.
@crimestoppers1877
@crimestoppers1877 Жыл бұрын
@@KZbinCensorsEverything Tell that to each of my bankers! Winning with zero debts.
@YouTubeCensorsEverything
@YouTubeCensorsEverything Жыл бұрын
@@crimestoppers1877 There it is the I/me approach. Give-me-mine-no-matter-who-suffers-and-consequences-be damned. I am not one bit surprised. Maybe if you weren't looking at the world through that toilet paper roll you might learn a few things about modern civilization, the consequences of stock trading, investment banking, and the depleting resources that aren't as infinite as you and your banker like to fantasize. When the egoism trip is over and the bodies are counted that money won't get you cup full of clean water. Because there won't be any left.
@arch3ddraftsman
@arch3ddraftsman Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Excellent report and interview.
@warrior1657
@warrior1657 Жыл бұрын
Doesn't surprise me at all! I'm retired military, have a job and still struggle to make ends meet. The poor will NEVER get a seat at the rich mans table, period!
@babettelenz7995
@babettelenz7995 Жыл бұрын
Wow! This information should be common knowledge. It's frustrating how the poor are villianized in our society.
@jeanreynolds1425
@jeanreynolds1425 Жыл бұрын
I was taught, it was better to live on beans and peanut butter, than to take welfare. You are nothing without pride. I think a lot of people think this way also.
@TeaParty1776
@TeaParty1776 Жыл бұрын
The Devil made you do it.
@jeanreynolds1425
@jeanreynolds1425 Жыл бұрын
@@TeaParty1776 Maybe, I believed my mother, it was her idea of self pride. LOL
@HendrixMichael-rk6fz
@HendrixMichael-rk6fz Жыл бұрын
Hi 👋
@jeanreynolds1425
@jeanreynolds1425 Жыл бұрын
@@HendrixMichael-rk6fz Hi back, I'm a retired English teacher and really respect writers and YOU. Talk about seeing the big picture, you nailed it. Love and Light.
@DavidemetriLIC
@DavidemetriLIC Жыл бұрын
Professor Desmond is a great man! The human race is stuck in a stagnate box because of greed and cowardese! Scared to share oxygen but are so righteous and should be the holders of moral high ground abs law making!
@corneliusmentz2910
@corneliusmentz2910 Жыл бұрын
You voted for your policy makers so live with it. I live in Australia and exactly the same is happening here … we deserve the leaders we are voting for.
@rigil5477
@rigil5477 Жыл бұрын
Good to hear from Matthew Desmond. "
@cynthialangley7338
@cynthialangley7338 Жыл бұрын
The working poor are the majority of the recipients of food stamps and other government benefits. Let’s talk about corporate greed and welfare and stop bashing working families.
@brucelee5576
@brucelee5576 Жыл бұрын
Working poor , some of them don’t work at all and haven’t been working forever, why should I have to pay their way.
@lavontrichardson2602
@lavontrichardson2602 Жыл бұрын
​@@brucelee5576 it's clearly you do not respect life it's clear you have an evil heart hope God can save your soul💯
@HERES_JAWNiE
@HERES_JAWNiE Жыл бұрын
​@@brucelee5576did you not listen to the video? If there is a person that doesnt want to work, who cares? Your taxes literally go to lockhead martin or raytheon ceo's but youd rather focus your attention on a random made up poor person
@brucelee5576
@brucelee5576 Жыл бұрын
@@HERES_JAWNiE I know right let’s fire some General Dynamics missile at Skid Row and Tenderloin , nobody who works for the industrial Military Complex ever took a shit on my sidewalk, that’s like say white collar criminals steel more money then thugs while true they don’t invade your home a rape your teenage daughter.
@yourmother2739
@yourmother2739 Жыл бұрын
@@brucelee5576 Just trying to survive under capitalism is daily work genius.
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