On: Rethinking 'Fuck You' money

[tomjen3]

During the depression people lived in shacks made of cardboard, did have any money for clothing or even toilet paper and where in many cases starving.

And you are telling me we are in a depression now?

[jacquesm → tomjen3]

No, but I think you replied to the wrong entry.

[ahoyhere → tomjen3]

Google "tent cities":

http://www.google.com/search?q=tent%20cities

And the reason you don't see it every day? The criminalization of homelessness:

http://www.google.com/search?q=criminalization%20homelessnes...

The cushion is slightly greater because the lifestyles before this depression were higher than in the Great Depression (e.g. people have tents), there are more laws to protect lessees from landlords, and, of course, many people have credit.

But those are just cushioning. Cushioning slows the fall, it doesn't stop it.

It seems like about 25% of all children live in poverty - and the US' lines for poverty are lower than in many other countries:

http://www.google.com/search?q=US%20percentage%20of%20childr...