I do not know why we keep the poor so poor, but that is why our economy crashed. Many people are so poor that when gas went up over the last couple of years some could not afford the pay the babysitter and buy gas to go to work. There was no money to buy anything but gas. Some people quit work because they were losing money going to work and some were laid off because sales fell. Only the government can fix this problem.

How on earth can the government "fix" this problem?

BTW if large cities Dallas-fort worth included would invest in a quality mass transit system then maybe we wouldn't have to worry about the price of gas.

I rode the Denver mass transit system. Marvelous system and cheap. gets you from point A to point B and onto point C with little effort. there is something to be said for a transit system that is convenient economical and effiecient.

The DFW solution to mass transit is to add more lanes to the freeways which in the long run perpetuates the problem of freeway congestion. The states solution is to make some major roads toll roads. Thus making it more like a personal mass transit system than actually fixing things.

I live in Arlington texas. We have the Honor of being the largest City in America (300,000+) without a bus line or train system. I would love to take mass transit. It would save me gas and let me get to know some interesting people on my commute

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

"Obama is ratcheting up his class warfare to levels that would make Marxists blush. This self-professed uniter is sowing distrust and divisiveness among Americans by demonizing groups of people and appealing to our baser instincts of envy and jealousy, in defiance of God's commandments against coveting. Obama is sending unmistakable signals that he has an unconventional notion -- to say the least -- about the American dream. It's as if he's saying, 'It's fine to aspire to financial success, but only to a point, beyond which you'll incur the punitive wrath of the federal government.' It's one thing to maintain that upper-income earners should pay higher tax rates because they are better able to shoulder the burden for essential government services. But it's constitutional blasphemy to claim that the tax code should be used as a weapon against the wealthy and that the state should be the tyrannical arbiter of how income is distributed." --columnist David Limbaugh

BTW you might want to let people know that Limbaugh like the other limbaugh is an extreme right wing parrot. By parrot I mean a person involved in repeatedly repeating repetitiscious rhetoric for the impression that their view is wide spread. The problem with parrotting is the words never vary so its like some sort of political marionette show.

the only distrust and devisiveness being felt are but the ultra right wing of the republican party i.e. Rush Limbaugh and his fellow Cronies that blanket and ply the A.M. airwaves with distrust and devisiveness.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope