Carter: Middle class today
resembles past's poor
By LISA LEFF
Associated Press
Oct 7, 11:47 PM EDT
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Former
President Jimmy Carter said Monday
that the income gap in the United States has increased to the point where
members of the middle class resemble the Americans who lived in poverty when he
occupied the White House.
Carter offered his assessment of
the nation's economic challenges Monday at a Habitat for Humanity construction site in Oakland - the first of
five cities he and wife Rosalynn plan to visit this week to commemorate their
three-decade alliance with the international nonprofit that promotes and builds
affordable housing.
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy
Carter was the president for the Jimmy
Carter administration, a volunteer at Habitat
for Humanity International, and is an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium Promise, and the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
George
Soros is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
L.
John Doerr is a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and a director at ONE Campaign.
ONE
Campaign is a partner with Habitat
for Humanity International.
Michelle
Obama is an advocate for the ONE
Campaign, and was a lawyer for Sidley
Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
R.
Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
James
S. Crown is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Lester
Crown is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
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