Archive for the 'poverty' Category
Library Closings and Child Poverty
Children in Poverty, Library closings
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Toys for Tots
I’ve been the go-to guy at for the last couple years when it comes to Toys for Tots, so it makes me sad to have to post this news about a major shortfall the USMC charity is facing in Philly:
Facing a drastic falloff in donations this year, the Philadelphia-area Toys for Tots campaign announced an [...]
Prayer
Dear God:
I know I’m probably not the best person to come along with a prayer he’d like to have answered. I’m not a Christian, so Your Son Jesus isn’t going to intercede for me. I’m not even really a believer, and regularly deny Your existence, so I can understand why You’d be reluctant [...]
GOP Staffers: Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line
A glance at the Republican job bank page on Texas Rep. John R. Carter’s website paints the whole, bleak picture with what it doesn’t show: real jobs.
“It’s a double-whammy,” said Brad Traverse, whose staffing website, www.bradtraverse.com, is a popular destination for job seekers on the Hill. “You have more firms who are both looking for [...]
Cannibal Credit Cards Crashing
Well gee, this is certainly a surprise:
After years of flooding Americans with credit card offers and sky-high credit lines, lenders are sharply curtailing both, just as an eroding economy squeezes consumers.
The pullback is affecting even creditworthy consumers and threatens an already beleaguered banking industry with another wave of heavy losses after an era in which [...]
I Am Part of the Problem
Via atrios, I discovered that I am part of the problem:
Retail sales fell off a cliff in September, plunging by the largest amount in three years as worried consumers shunned the malls and auto showrooms in the midst of the country’s financial meltdown.
The Commerce Department reported Wednesday retail sales decreased 1.2 percent last month, nearly [...]
Dropout
Bristol’s Baby Daddy Drops Out of High School
Johnston has since dropped out of high school to become an apprentice in Alaska’s oil fields, and he and Bristol Palin will wed in December. “I’m still the same old boy,” Johnston said. “I’m just a workin’ man.”
Now THIS is a tragedy. Dropping out of high school is [...]
White House, GOP to Unemployed Americas: Get a Job, Ya Lazy Bum
Think Progress:
Q You mentioned earlier about the pain everybody is feeling as a result of all this. Well, the House passed an unemployment extension bill, which would extend unemployment for all states for seven weeks, and for those that have high unemployment, above six percent, for an additional 13. Would the White House support this [...]
Nothing for You
Via atrios, Matt Yglesias asks:
Every time progressives in congress try to get something done for working people, conservatives either block it or else hold it hostage to some nutty tax cut. Why not tie this bailout to something like the second stimulus package of enhanced food stamps, extended unemployment insurance, and enhanced aid to state [...]
Why Only the Poorest?
,blockquote>If the Senate could summon some wisdom, it would interrupt its mud wrestling over partisan placebos for the gas crisis long enough to debate something real: emergency help for the nation’s poorest families who face skyrocketing home heating costs this winter.
–NYT, 7/25/08
I’m not one to criticize measure that help the poor, but as someone who [...]
