Poverty line in 2018. A number that surely grown with unemployment skyrocketing to as almost as 15 . The lower end of the income scale of jobs loss. April, 40 of lowwage workers had been laid off or furloughed. More likely to live in close quarters where the disease could easily spread. As thomas freedan had said the pandemic attacks the poor. Joining me now is Bishop William barber and author of the book we are called to be a movement. Bishop barber, this issue predates the covid19 pandemic, how has the pandemic made it worse . Well, the fact the matter is pandemic lives in the wounds of society and we have certainly great wounds when it comes to systematic racism and systematic poverty. Two things you cant separate even though we have to look at it across the board and how it impacts everybody. Before the pandemic we had 140 Million People who were poor and low income. Poverty under the census are less than 30 million. Actual number is 140 Million People, thats 43 of this nation. 700
That the 204,000 jobs added is sounds good, doesnt it . But i would take it with a grain of salt. The defy sets are going down. Theyre not going up. Shut up, shut up is it as great as we need to have a really roaring recovery, no . But its certainly better than where we were last month. So its not bad. We would have had more jobs in october were it not for the shutdown and the brinksmanship. Part of the problem, obama care, continuing to hang over our economy like a wet blanket. By bringing down the cost of health care that doesnt just help our economy, it helps bring our deficit down. Theres no question that the shutdown harmed our jobs market. The gears of our economy, every time they are just about to take off, suddenly somebody taps the brakes. Somebody taps the brakes and says not so fast. Ooh child things are going to get easier always glad to have that tupac when you need him. Haters gonna hate. But president obama and workers across the country have something to celebrate. Desp
Bible . Now, despite the fact many of you think im a godless, marxist heathan, i went to church a lot as a kid. I dont even like the marx brothers. Like a lot of us i dont go now. But it is easy to find new ways to fill up sunday mornings like protest the nfl and i found ways to get the message. A lot of folks are still looking for the message of jesus. Thats the god we serve and thats the first miracle he does. Those folks are joining megachurches in record numbers. You know the ones. Filling up arenas and stadiums with kevin hart size audiences. The places where bieber became born again and pastors beg their members to tithe for their private jets. If i want to believe god for a 65 million plane you cannot stop me. Joel osteen got so big he bought the building where the Houston Rockets played. Would you pray with me . Right now if youre thinking havent i seen this go badly before . Yep. Remember jim and tammy baker begging for your tithes between 8 00 and noon . Make a pledge of 500.
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