And Now For Something Completely Different

Can you imagine having the audacity to talk about poverty at a time like this? When there's half-dead women hanging onto life by a thread with a husband out to starve her? When a wacky nut-job of a former pop superstar on trial for child molestation? When there is a potential for a winter story (yes, again) in New England?

John Edwards sent an email today (and even though I know this topic is actually important, why does it seem sort of strangely beside the point at the same time?):

"...Here's what we know: 36 million Americans live in poverty today, which is 13 million more than 30 years ago. About one in four working families is earning so little they struggle to make ends meet. And nearly 30 percent of families have less than $10,000 in assets - which means that the value of their savings, their home, and their car altogether is less than $10,000.

What we can do as a country is help families build a foundation and a safety net so that if they have a medical emergency, lose a job, or go through a traumatic event like a divorce it doesn't push them off the cliff and into bankruptcy."

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