what would happen if this happened here!

[6p6]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-06-27-brazil_N.htm?csp=34

Just imagine the fall out...course I don't know where in the US that we have these slums called "shantys". I doubt anyone in there media over there is speaking out against brutality!

hhhmmm....Pan American games are next month...wonder if that had anything to do with it!!!!

[T-Man007]

Re: what would happen if this happened here!

This country is the only country with a strong middle class. Most other countries around the world have the Rich and the Poor. Yes, there are middle classes ins some countries but not like this one. This country has the strongest middle class of any country which means we have the least poverty of any country. Now, think about how many kids go hungry at night in this country and try to calculate that to another country. It's just sad. I can't even imagine the thought of my son going to bed hungry. I would work 16 hours a day before I ever let that happen. Even if it killed me, I would never let my son go to bed hungry, or my wife for that matter. But, in most countries, they don't even have a choice because there just isn't any work. That's why these people get into drugs trafficing, they are ultimately just trying to survive. Until a person actully lives in a true survival mode, they have no idea what these people go thru. I'm not saying I agree but if I was in their shoes I would probably do what ever it took to feed my family and that's what they are forced with. Why doesn't their government help them get out of that situation by offering them free schooling or something so they can get a job? It wouldn't take much at all for the government to step in and order state and federally funded schoolos to give a certain number of educations away for free. The better the education, the better the community is. Now matter where you look in the world, extreme poverty goes hand in hand with lack of education.