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Obama, Maria Shriver to talk women’s poverty issues
CNN's Political Ticker ^ | January 13, 2014 | Becky Brittain, CNN White House Producer

Posted on 01/13/2014 5:41:40 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

President Barack Obama will on Tuesday discuss a topic he is familiar with from his childhood – American women living in economic insecurity and trying to be breadwinners and caregivers at the same time.

Raised by a single mother who was described as someone who struggled to pay the bills, Obama on Tuesday will meet with Maria Shriver, who is reporting on some 42 million women who she says live “one single incident – a doctor's bill, a late paycheck, or a broken-down car – away from economic ruin."

Shriver's latest investigation in her series from "The Shriver Report" is titled: "A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink."

The report finds that women comprise up two-thirds of the primary or co-breadwinners in American families. The average female earns 77 cents for every dollar pulled down by a man...

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kennedys; obama; poverty; women
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Puke.


21 posted on 01/13/2014 5:59:41 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: NautiNurse

you mean “Skeletor Shriver?”


22 posted on 01/13/2014 6:00:37 PM PST by esoxmagnum (Turtles don't win fights. Victory belongs to the aggressor, not the guy hiding in a bunker.)
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To: realcleanguy

She can tell them they should have had a bootlegger grandfather, then life’d be good.


23 posted on 01/13/2014 6:02:14 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: Vince Ferrer

The feminism sword is double edged. Free sex with no worries of pregnancy means the same for men. All fun and no responsibility. And of course, no commitment. Many men like that.

Extreme feminists probably end up old and bitter and lonely. I wonder how many have regrets when the “clock” has wound down.


24 posted on 01/13/2014 6:03:26 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

maybe Maria might tell Obama to stop destroying the American economy and millions of jobs ... employment is a key pathway to getting out of poverty.
maybe Maria might tell Obama to stop destroying American businesses, particularly small and medium sized businesses and family-run shops, etc. business is a key pathway to getting out of poverty.
maybe Maria might tell Obama to stop forcing people onto federal welfare programs, extensions of unemployment (same thing), or into filing fake or exaggerated disability claims (same thing). Getting off the dole and back to work is a key pathway to getting out of poverty.


25 posted on 01/13/2014 6:04:31 PM PST by faithhopecharity
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Revolting cat!; GeronL

The Kennedys know ALL about poverty (of morals).


26 posted on 01/13/2014 6:06:11 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: realcleanguy
What can millionaires tell to poor women on how to live?

They can tell them what they really think. That they should have chosen their parents more carefully & been born rich. Maria did it, why didn't they?

27 posted on 01/13/2014 6:06:28 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: faithhopecharity

What do you think the chances are that their conversation sounds like that?


28 posted on 01/13/2014 6:06:58 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: a fool in paradise

That is what I was thinking, send in wealthy leftists who never did a real job in their life to talk about poverty.

How condescending is that?


29 posted on 01/13/2014 6:09:17 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nonsense. Get real people in poverty to talk about the issue. Won’t happen. Same propaganda, nothing changes.


30 posted on 01/13/2014 6:15:06 PM PST by Fungi
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’ll fix ‘er !


31 posted on 01/13/2014 6:20:20 PM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: Cloverfarm

+like


32 posted on 01/13/2014 6:21:14 PM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: maine yankee
Neither has ever been hungry in their lives.

You're right - not one day...

33 posted on 01/13/2014 7:07:27 PM PST by GOPJ ("Remember who the real enemy is... ")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

99.44%. ????? I can dream, can’t i?


34 posted on 01/13/2014 7:15:40 PM PST by faithhopecharity
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To: Cloverfarm
I really liked what you wrote. It conveys a marriage that is a partnership and truly equal.

I wonder just how many these days even know the term from Mom "Just wait till your father gets home!!" and the fear of God that it carried while she keeps that home humming (working mom or no; doesn't matter). Conversely, when things broke and Dad fixed things instead of replacing them or calling "the repair guy" all the time. I guess what I am getting at is I liked your last sentence. We need a "system restore". Men and Women have their strengths and weakness' and we compliment each other for a reason when we step back and just realize that.

35 posted on 01/13/2014 7:19:16 PM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Mr. K

Why not ask the mother with 3 children who’s husband decided to take off and leave her on her own.

Make a lot more sense than two people who want for nothing.


36 posted on 01/13/2014 7:24:46 PM PST by chiefqc
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To: Parmy
Maria Shriver, who is reporting on some 42 million women who she says live “one single incident – a doctor's bill, a late paycheck, or a broken-down car – away from economic ruin."

God I'm so glad that there are no men in this position or dying of cancer. Normal heterosexual men can just go to hell because we don't count. Only women, queers and minorities are important or to be concerned about apparently.

37 posted on 01/13/2014 7:35:54 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Raised by a single mother who was described as someone who struggled to pay the bills,”

Millions of Americans now struggle to pay bills due to Obamas destruction of the American economy.


38 posted on 01/13/2014 8:04:09 PM PST by FreedomGuru (Time for torches and pitchforks.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Maria Shriver wouldn't recognize a poor person if she tripped over one. what a maroon.
39 posted on 01/13/2014 8:41:43 PM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
She's trying to rally single women, especially poor single women to demand all sorts of new employer mandates passed by Federal government:

The living wage, same pay was men regardless of performance and paid sick leave are some of the obvious ones they are told to demand from elected as new Federal laws..

And she told them to train their sons when young to vote for this crap.

Shriver Report : Get A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From The Brink Free

40 posted on 01/13/2014 8:51:40 PM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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