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by mac01021 3256 days ago
> we're headed for third world style living, and let's be honest--a large number of Americans are already living in third world squalor.

What constitutes third world squalor? Not many Americans are starving, having to make do without indoor plumbing, or spending 12 hours per day collecting firewood.

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Millions of Americans are homeless or leave in crapy trailers and ghettos, even more eat with food stamps, and even more can't afford health care.

Heck, the U.S. "Has The Worst Rate Of Maternal Deaths In The Developed World"...

http://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528098789/u-s-has-the-worst-ra...