About the last post, the poverty rate

Anyone who has held a job for more than the past three years is oblivious to this. They still have their salary coming in, so to them nothing's changed.To anyone who has been laid off and has been unable to find work, this is our reality.
I have been saying for about a year now, our economic condition in this country is worse than it was in the depression our grandparents went through.Why do we not see this? Because right now we are afraid to appear to other countries as weak.So we see no news coverage of these issues, even the Kerry campgain glosses over it by trying to stay positive. There is nothing positive about having no job, no health care,no food and moving in with relatives to keep from living on the street.There is a complete media blackout about what is relly happening to the majority of American people. Recovery? That's propaganda.