DIFFERENT MORALITIES

Conservatives seem to think that we really don't need to do much about the poor and that's reflected in their policy decisions.

From Atrios:

Chyron

CNN:


PAULSON: "NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT" THAN KEEPING BANKS SAFE

From TIME Magazine:

Left Out of the Bailout: The Poor
By Mark Kukis Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008

"Recent data show poverty is already rising quite substantially," says Robert Greenstein, executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. "There is a strong potential for more hardship and destitution than we have seen in this country in a number of decades."