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December 15, 2017

Press Release: "American Dream is rapidly becoming American Illusion," warns UN rights expert on poverty” [Spanish]

Full Report [English] [Spanish]

Sections:

Introduction (below)

The human rights dimension

Who are ‘the poor’?

The current extent of poverty in the US

Problems with existing policies

The undermining of democracy

An illusory emphasis on employment

Shortcomings in basic social protection

Indigenous peoples

Children in poverty

Adult dental care

Reliance on criminalization to conceal the problem

The gendered nature of poverty

Racism, disability, and demonization of the poor

Confused and counter-productive drug policie

The use of fraud as a smokescreen

Privatization

Environmental sustainability

Principal current governmental responses

Tax reform

Welfare reform

Healthcare reform

New information technologies

Coordinated entry systems

Risk assessment tools in the pre-trial phase

Access to high-speed broadband access in West Virginia

Puerto Rico

About the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

I. Introduction

1. I have spent the past two weeks visiting the United States, at the invitation of the federal government, to look at whether the persistence of extreme poverty in America undermines the enjoyment of human rights by its citizens. In my travels through California, Alabama, Georgia, Puerto Rico, West Virginia, and Washington DC I have spoken with dozens of experts and civil society groups, met with senior state and federal government officials and talked with many people who are homeless or living in deep poverty. I am grateful to the Trump Administration for facilitating my visit and for its continuing cooperation with the UN Human Rights Council’s accountability mechanisms that apply to all states.

2. My visit coincides with a dramatic change of direction in US policies relating to inequality and extreme poverty. The proposed tax reform package stakes out America’s bid to become the most unequal society in the world, and will greatly increase the already high levels of wealth and income inequality between the richest 1% and the poorest 50% of Americans. The dramatic cuts in welfare, foreshadowed by the President and Speaker Ryan, and already beginning to be implemented by the administration, will essentially shred crucial dimensions of a safety net that is already full of holes. It is against this background that my report is presented.

3. The United States is one of the world’s richest, most powerful and technologically innovative countries; but neither its wealth nor its power nor its technology is being harnessed to address the situation in which 40 million people continue to live in poverty.

4. I have seen and heard a lot over the past two weeks. I met with many people barely surviving on Skid Row in Los Angeles, I witnessed a San Francisco police officer telling a group of homeless people to move on but having no answer when asked where they could move to, I heard how thousands of poor people get minor infraction notices which seem to be intentionally designed to quickly explode into unpayable debt, incarceration, and the replenishment of municipal coffers, I saw sewage filled yards in states where governments don’t consider sanitation facilities to be their responsibility, I saw people who had lost all of their teeth because adult dental care is not covered by the vast majority of programs available to the very poor, I heard about soaring death rates and family and community destruction wrought by prescription and other drug addiction, and I met with people in the South of Puerto Rico living next to a mountain of completely unprotected coal ash which rains down upon them bringing illness, disability and death.

5. Of course, that is not the whole story. I also saw much that is positive. I met with State and especially municipal officials who are determined to improve social protection for the poorest 20% of their communities, I saw an energized civil society in many places, I visited a Catholic Church in San Francisco (St Boniface – the Gubbio Project) that opens its pews to the homeless every day between services, I saw extraordinary resilience and community solidarity in Puerto Rico, I toured an amazing community health initiative in Charleston (West Virginia) that serves 21,000 patients with free medical, dental, pharmaceutical and other services, overseen by local volunteer physicians, dentists and others (WV Health Right), and indigenous communities presenting at a US-Human Rights Network conference in Atlanta lauded Alaska’s advanced health care system for indigenous peoples, designed with direct participation of the target group.

6. American exceptionalism was a constant theme in my conversations. But instead of realizing its founders’ admirable commitments, today’s United States has proved itself to be exceptional in far more problematic ways that are shockingly at odds with its immense wealth and its founding commitment to human rights. As a result, contrasts between private wealth and public squalor abound.

7. In talking with people in the different states and territories I was frequently asked how the US compares with other states. While such comparisons are not always perfect, a cross-section of statistical comparisons provides a relatively clear picture of the contrast between the wealth, innovative capacity, and work ethic of the US, and the social and other outcomes that have been attained.

By most indicators, the US is one of the world’s wealthiest countries. It spends more on national defense than China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, United Kingdom, India, France, and Japan combined.

US health care expenditures per capita are double the OECD average and much higher than in all other countries. But there are many fewer doctors and hospital beds per person than the OECD average.

US infant mortality rates in 2013 were the highest in the developed world.

Americans can expect to live shorter and sicker lives, compared to people living in any other rich democracy, and the “health gap” between the U.S. and its peer countries continues to grow.

U.S. inequality levels are far higher than those in most European countries

Neglected tropical diseases, including Zika, are increasingly common in the USA. It has been estimated that 12 million Americans live with a neglected parasitic infection. A 2017 report documents the prevalence of hookworm in Lowndes County, Alabama.

The US has the highest prevalence of obesity in the developed world.

In terms of access to water and sanitation the US ranks 36th in the world.

America has the highest incarceration rate in the world, ahead of Turkmenistan, El Salvador, Cuba, Thailand and the Russian Federation. Its rate is nearly 5 times the OECD average.

The youth poverty rate in the United States is the highest across the OECD with one quarter of youth living in poverty compared to less than 14% across the OECD.

The Stanford Center on Inequality and Poverty ranks the most well-off countries in terms of labor markets, poverty, safety net, wealth inequality, and economic mobility. The US comes in last of the top 10 most well-off countries, and 18th amongst the top 21.

In the OECD the US ranks 35th out of 37 in terms of poverty and inequality.

According to the World Income Inequality Database, the US has the highest Gini rate (measuring inequality) of all Western Countries

The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality characterizes the US as “a clear and constant outlier in the child poverty league.” US child poverty rates are the highest amongst the six richest countries – Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden and Norway.

About 55.7% of the U.S. voting-age population cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election. In the OECD, the U.S. placed 28th in voter turnout, compared with an OECD average of 75%. Registered voters represent a much smaller share of potential voters in the U.S. than just about any other OECD country. Only about 64% of the U.S. voting-age population (and 70% of voting-age citizens) was registered in 2016, compared with 91% in Canada (2015) and the UK (2016), 96% in Sweden (2014), and nearly 99% in Japan (2014).

About the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights: Professor Philip Alston is the current Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. The Special Rapporteur is an independent expert appointed by the Human Rights Council and undertakes the following main tasks: (1) conducting research and analysis to be presented in separate thematic reports to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly; (2) undertaking country visits and reporting on the situation in those countries in relation to the concerns of the mandate; (3) sending letters to governments and other relevant entities in situations in which violations of human rights of people living in extreme poverty are alleged to have taken place.

The mandate on extreme poverty was first established in 1998 by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and was taken over by the Human Rights Council in June 2006. It is one of a number of mandates that together form what is known as the United Nations system of special procedures. For more information on those procedures see: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/Welcomepage.aspx

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tripfirstofficial-blog · 6 years

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Helpful Traveling Tips For First-Time Visitors To Ireland

Thanks to the newer trend of globalization. Making a visit to Ireland for the first time isn’t a bad idea at all. Countless international travelers consider visiting Ireland to find peace and harmony.

Over the years, generations have been transformed and now young Irish people have accents that reflect an American twinge. Moreover, the trend of the single currency has made it easier to travel within the eurozone which is significantly less complicated

Let us now get to know a few of important and helpful tips that are vital for most of the tourists and travelers going to Ireland for the first time.

The Difference In Currency

The majority of people with a considerable interest in visiting Ireland should know that it’s split into two distinctive countries, but may not have supposed the various practicalities. If you are traveling across the border, you should be conscious that being part of the UK, Northern Ireland uses pound sterling instead of the euro.

Since international bank cards will continue to work perfectly in ATMs and the various pin terminals which won’t make a huge difference, but it’s highly important to know that if you’re going to shop in Northern Ireland then you are about to purchase goods almost 15 to 20 percent cheaper than in the republic.

You Can Shop Tax-Free

That’s indeed true. All of the non-EU travelers can avail the benefit of tax-free shopping. In a related point, most of the travelers from outside the EU are allowed to shop tax-free in Ireland. Applying for a Fexco Horizon card before a traveler has actually arrived means he/she can register and swipe it in any affiliated location in the country which mainly includes Avoca Handweavers, Dublin Zoo, The Guinness Storehouse and many other places.

It helps to claim back the sales tax on those purchases you made at the airport on your way to home. The service has also brought a tax-free shopping mobile application, which has further eased the process of ordering and registering the card, locates its affiliated outlets and tracks all of the purchases.

Rent A Reasonable Car

It is absolutely true that most of the major Irish sights can be easily explored while traveling through public transport or tour buses. But renting a reasonable car is one of the most important things. It will bring you greater autonomy as well as flexibility in terms of quickly moving around and explore those spectacular places off the beaten track.

If you are going to rent one, You should remember that the majority of people in Ireland uses left-hand drive cars which appears to be the exact opposite of the cars used in the United States. If you have processed your hotel booking through Booking.com, Bookit, Trip First or any other renowned agency then you might be able to get a good quality car. It’s highly recommended that you should rent a small and economical car for visiting rural areas as most of the country roads in Ireland are very much narrow and winding.

Your Baggage Restrictions

The Irish budget airline “Ryanair” is widely known for providing unexpectedly low fares for making trips within Europe. Ryanair is also well-known for imposing certain rules and regulations in order to bargain-level fares. You can find multiple online travel agencies namely Expedia, Booking.com, Trip Advisor, Trip First and many others that offer exciting deals and discounts. It mainly includes heavy cabin baggage restrictions.

In case of on board, you can bring only one cabin bag with a maximum weight of 10 kilos with fitting specific dimensions and a small handbag. These limits for the cabin bags are similar to Aer Lingus, the flag carrier airline of Ireland. You can make use of the topmost online traveling and hoteling agencies such as BookIt, Expedia, Agoda, Trip First. Booking.com etc. A huge amount of money is charged for checking in any type of luggage that fails to fulfill these primary requirements.

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Win An Ibanez Guitar With New Bloodshot Dawn Single 'Survival Evolved'

Melodic death metallers Bloodshot Dawn release their third full length album, entitled Renanimation via Hostile Media on 12th January 2018; an album that also features prominent guests including Jeff Loomis (Arch Enemy, Nevermore), Paul Wardingham, Ken Sorceron (Abigail Williams, The Faceless), Mendel Bij De Leij (Aborted). Today the band are pleased to reveal the album is set to see the light on 12th January 2018 and will be released via Hostile Media.

Alongside the release of the first single ‘Survival Evolved’, today the band have teamed up with Ibanez Guitars to offer fans a chance to win a brand new guitar via their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/bloodshotdawn). Watch the new video here: https://youtu.be/EqUAbOkvKGw

Frontman Josh McMorran comments, “We are really excited to release our first song from our new album. ‘Survival Evolved’ is a story about nature taking back the earth! After humanity is gone the planet fights for survival against a higher being from another dimension. The death of this titanic being restarts the cycle of the infinite and the reanimation of human DNA. Turn It up and enjoy this war between worlds!”

The album was mixed and mastered by Per Nilsson from Scar Symmetry while artwork (as seen above) was completed by Chris Kewli.

As well as the news of an imminent new release the band will be on tour throughout UK/Ireland tour, their first in almost 2 years! “We are excited to be hitting the tour circuit again after a short hiatus. We are hungry for live devastation and looking forward to seeing fans old and new!”

Reanimation UK/Ireland Live Dates 17/01/18 – Black Heart, London 18/01/18 – Green Door Store, Brighton 19/01/18 – Boiler Room, Guildford 20/01/18 – The Underground, Plymouth 21/01/18 – Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff 22/01/18 – The Flapper, Birmingham 23/01/18 – Audio, Glasgow 24/01/18 – The Fulford Arms, York 25/01/18 – The Peer Hat, Manchester 26/01/18 – An Spailpin Fanach, Cork 27/01/18 – Limelight, Belfast 28/01/18 – On The Rox, Dublin

Pre-Order Reanimation Here: www.bloodshotdawn.bigcartel.com

www.facebook.com/bloodshotdawn www.hostilemedia.net

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Folks who are going to Dimension 20 live shows in Scotland this week! Do you guys know what the procedure is for the adventuring party VIP tickets? Do we go to the venue before the show or stay back after? I'm super excited for the show but I'm super nervous I'll miss something by arriving at the wrong time! You guys will be the first of all the tour dates to try it, so hopefully you can give us other nerds a heads up!

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If you're able to snag VIP tickets, you'll get: • Best seats in the house • Post-show Q&A with available cast members • Merchandise item designed and created exclusively for package purchasers • Commemorative Dimension 20 laminate and lanyard • Designated check-in

For folks who have had issues getting tickets, we received some guidance from our partners at LiveNation:

For those who struggled to buy tickets, (particularly for Dublin), we will be releasing the final wave of tickets at all price points this Friday at 10am local time for the general on sale. Good luck to everyone!

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