Arianna appeared on CNN's "Your Bottom Line," to discuss the growth of "safety net" benefits like food stamps and Medicaid.
"It's a sign of what a terrible state our economy is and how the impact of the financial disaster is still being felt very widely," she said. "Food stamps, for example, are no longer just for people who are out of work, a lot of families are supplementing their income with food stamps."
She also discussed how this shift has affected socioeconomic mobility.
"There is something fundamental happening which is the downtown mobility trend in America which is the exact opposite of the american dream which immigrants like me were the beneficiaries of," she said.
Watch the clip below, courtesy of CNN.
Also, there is so much danger to workers for whistleblowers, as seen in the documents shown in the website, "Supremely UNjust". That poor man lost his career, his new car, & has been living in a tent after exposing corruption at work it seems. He tried for justice, and the courts simply violated the Law & Constitution in apparent cronyism against him, running him out w/out a jury trial. The safety is gone for the "have-nots". The safety net is absolutely necessary.
Raise taxes back to 90% on the rich and let them 'EARN their tax cuts through paying workers decent wages, providing benefits, reinvesting in the companies, bring back jobs from over seas....
The rich have gotten a free ride for much too long.. now it is time that they be forced to be good citizens.
You could could leave and someone not quiet as greedy would take your place because they would no longer have you to compete against... they would still be rich... just not filthy rich.
You do not consider the government entitled?
So you want everything that comes with a civilized society for free and be a leech like all conservatives?
That is why conservatives are not good citizens, they never want to pull their weight.
The banks should be offering no interest student loans to students after being bailed out by us tax payers at 0% interest! But intead, they are gouging the students to the point they can no longer afford to get an education and so the rich can rule over the uneducated masses. Thats the plutocrat's dream which the republicans are making sure turns into a reality. The GOP and Fox news is toxic to America!
The fed govt spends 2.5 trillion annually on entitlement programs, 70% if US budget. The average recipient fo federal assistence get $32,750 which is more than average per capita disposable income of American citizens.
We have seen the enemy, and it is us.