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Tag: poverty

  • Thursday Open Comments

    How progressives’ grand plans for subsidized housing have harmed African Americans I’ve often thought the harm our welfare programs to our society.  We are called to help those in need, but these programs that are designed to support people for decades instead of weaning them off the public teat have not only created a dependent…

  • Tuesday Open Comments

    This is just sad, sad, sad: 101M Get Food Aid from Federal Gov’t; Outnumber Full-Time Private Sector Workers The number of Americans receiving subsidized food assistance from the federal government has risen to 101 million, representing roughly a third of the U.S. population. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that a total of 101,000,000 people…

  • Friday “Movin’ On Up!” Open Comments

    Want to know how to move out of poverty? Or just move up the socioeconomic ladder? Here are the basic lessons: Authors who advocate government action in order to address income inequality and upward mobility are fond of their statistics. An example from Foroohar: The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Economic Mobility Project has found that if…