Poverty USA - healthcare - Nov 15 2007

The United States is a land of plenty - yet many people there have no home to live in, and poor access to health care. In the first of three special reports... John Cookson shows us how poverty in the US takes its toll on people's health.

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[DrCherryPie]

poor people are NOT lazy, they work two shifts and do hard work to feed their families, its insulting to assume that people choose to be poor

[inkey2]

look at the mess of cans and shit under the porch at 2:27....and the girl is complaining about rats. Hey...I have an idea......clean out all that trash & garbage you dumped under the porch and maybe you might not have RATS anymore....

[biblefarce]

Look at 2.12. I wonder how many of these people have even looked for work. Poverty is like a lifesyle to some of them. So stupid.

[MrXclio]

@theCuno100 second statement is right but i don't agree with your first sentence.

most folk in the us didn't even give islam a second thought before sept 11th.

just a new enemy to hate, soon it'll be someone else.

[MrXclio]

someone should tell cataclysm that there's 7 million muslims in the US.

more than there is in britain.

who's been invaded?

[myjanuary151987]

The country of wealth and rich people? I don't buy that shit no more!

[TheGreasepit]

boohoo...hoo....fuck, I'm starting to tear up.....no wait...it's not tears, I've been laughing so fuckin hard, my eyes are watering....GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND IMPROVE YOUR LIVES....

[anyname666]

@lXxMaster

one has to consider the following:

If a person is POOR then they have no business wasting money at FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS

Being FAT is not healthy in the 1st place. cut down on the amount of food you eat you are obviously eating 2 much

It is not up to the “other” people in the world to look after each person who is too stupid to eat correctly

Put down the deck of cards for just 30 minutes and clean up your own F’ing yard

Get off your ass & c if u can pull weeds or sweep up

[lXxMasterShakexXl]

@NolanRogers2 By americans your saying everyone in america how can you judge every american in this country?

Do you not think we hate the conditions we have don't you think people wave signs everywhere in america.Or are you so egotistical and one sided that you would laugh at someone whos dying or struggling to live.There are reasons to love and hate something majority don't want to feel suprior they just want to live in a wealthy state of mind your just being a jerk.

[lXxMasterShakexXl]

@anyname666 lol this place doesn't even look bad that house looks better then the one my grandma is in ;o

Ya they are fat but they aren't healthy alot of people are fat due to cheap fast food they can't play poker for a day? or enjoy something maybe they were off and if not maybe they can't get a job its hard to get a job and being raised in this condition doesn't help at all.

[MrRobertGulabo]

@NolanRogers2 I know! This is what I don't understand about some Americans. They don't care for their other countrymen. For some reason, some just want to care about themselves-- me, my family... then everyone else can suffer. they would rather use their money to hurt foreigners than help feed their own people. It's retarded thinking and it is puzzling.