Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Is Poverty a Death Sentence?

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Huffington Post
The crisis of poverty in America is one of the great moral and economic issues facing our country. It is very rarely talked about in the mainstream media. It gets even less attention in Congress. Why should people care? Many poor people don't vote. They certainly don't make large campaign contributions, and they don't have powerful lobbyists representing their interests.Here's why we all should care. There are 46 million Americans -- about one in six -- living below the poverty line. That's the largest number on record, according to a new report released Tuesday by...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/09/14/is_poverty_a_death_sentence_263466.html

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