Comments for The Poverty Tour http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com A Call to Conscience Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:58:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on The Tour by Can't Stop Won't Stop The Poverty Tour – Brother West Chats with Brother from the Streets http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/#comment-1412 Can't Stop Won't Stop The Poverty Tour – Brother West Chats with Brother from the Streets Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:58:42 +0000 http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/?page_id=35#comment-1412 [...] http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/ In: Tavis Talks [...]

]]> Comment on TAVIS SMILEY AND CORNEL WEST TAKE “THE POVERTY TOUR 2.0” TO BATTLEGROUND STATES by Shelley Johnson http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/2012/08/the-rich-and-the-rest-of-us-a-poverty-manifesto/#comment-1411 Shelley Johnson Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:41:55 +0000 http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/?p=2204#comment-1411 I so enjoyed this segment. Please continue to do the work that you do Tavis and Mr. West. You are truly a blessing.

]]> Comment on The Root.com: The Election-Season Poverty Tour by s.roberts http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/2012/09/the-root-com-the-election-season-poverty-tour/#comment-1407 s.roberts Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:08:29 +0000 http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/?p=2482#comment-1407 Saw CSPAN and agrees whole heartedly.My own finances are frayed semi-retired after losing a good f/t job as RN.We are forgotten I see in Alabama red state.The poor is truley overlooked and dehumanized as you well put out last nite.Can’t wait to read your book.Keep on keeping on.

]]> Comment on “Poverty is the new slavery” by Wynetta Noland http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/2012/08/poverty-is-the-new-slavery/#comment-1405 Wynetta Noland Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:32:16 +0000 http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/?p=2193#comment-1405 You have my sentiments but what saddens me the most is black people looking to the government to solve all their problems. What about all the wealthy black people why don’t they take a stand. Why want we uplift our own neighborhood instead of leaving and taken our money to the surburbs. Middle-class Americans running to the surburbs abandonen their neighborhoods living next door to people who don’t like them or they have nothing in common with. Look at the motown legacy all the stars this industry created the music is part American fabric. But it appears blacks who have made it distant themselves from their community or kill themselves with their wealth. If black people are going to elvate themselves they need to stop looking and depending on the government. The welfare system is the problems it give the laziest people income and benefits that the working poor can’t afford. Infact the current system tears down the working class. They sell their benefits to the working poor for drugs and cash, using the working poor tax dollars to disrupt homes. I could go on and on concerning this topic but when will smart men and women stop looking to goverment to solve a problem that they created and benefit from.

]]> Comment on The Poverty Tour – Day 4 & 5 Recap by UnCarpenterUSA http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/2011/08/the-poverty-tour-day-4-5-recap/#comment-1403 UnCarpenterUSA Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:58:02 +0000 http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/?p=1869#comment-1403 As a carpenter struggling to make ends meet, contractors and employers make greater demands on talented men and women by requiring they have their own liability insurance and classify workers under 1099 status as subcontractors. Our base pay often still remains at $10-$18 per hour, but we work without benefits, under no worker compensation insurance and are unable to file unemployment in slow months because we are considered self-employed.

I feel I am in a loosing battle in an unfair economy that taught me that working hard and taking responsibility for the work I do was as good as my word. One of the proudest careers in America, building the homes we all hoped to own one day, feels ripped away.

There are many like I and I hope you meet with the carpenters and framers as you tour America.

]]> Comment on The Tour by Can't Stop Won't Stop Home Foreclosure in Detroit http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/#comment-1401 Can't Stop Won't Stop Home Foreclosure in Detroit Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:48:36 +0000 http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/?page_id=35#comment-1401 [...] http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/ In: NWC-TV, Tavis Talks [...]

]]> Comment on The Tour by Can't Stop Won't Stop Akron Veteran Struggles to Help Others http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/#comment-1400 Can't Stop Won't Stop Akron Veteran Struggles to Help Others Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:48:19 +0000 http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/?page_id=35#comment-1400 [...] http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/ In: NWC-TV, Tavis Talks [...]

]]> Comment on The Tour by Can't Stop Won't Stop Cornel West Talks to School Kids Supported by Feeding America http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/#comment-1399 Can't Stop Won't Stop Cornel West Talks to School Kids Supported by Feeding America Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:47:59 +0000 http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/?page_id=35#comment-1399 [...] http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/ In: NWC-TV, Tavis Talks [...]

]]> Comment on The Tour by Can't Stop Won't Stop DC Soup Kitchen Volunteer http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/#comment-1398 Can't Stop Won't Stop DC Soup Kitchen Volunteer Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:43:36 +0000 http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/?page_id=35#comment-1398 [...] http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/ In: Tavis Talks [...]

]]> Comment on The Tour by Can't Stop Won't Stop Akron Veteran from Middle Class to Poor http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/#comment-1397 Can't Stop Won't Stop Akron Veteran from Middle Class to Poor Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:43:19 +0000 http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/?page_id=35#comment-1397 [...] http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/ In: Tavis Talks [...]

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