Posted in United Nations, business, economy, globalisation, globalization, government, politics, tagged ag-flation, agflation, climate change, crisis, Egypt, food prices, globalization, Haiti, hunger, Ivory Coast, money, panic, poverty, revolution, Soylent Green, United Nations, Vietnam on April 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Bands of young men carry stick and rocks. The rebels set up burning tires for roadblocks. Mobs loot warehouses, stores and government offices. Gunfire rings out through upscale neighborhoods and slums alike. Helicopters circle in the air as black smoke fills the city from burning tires.
Welcome to a new effect of globalization and panic policy, [...]
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Posted in civil rights, commentary, election, government, human rights, politics, tagged amendment, bradley, child support, Clinton, Clinton vision, court, enforce, father, federal, feminist, poverty, reform, Shalala, tax, vision, welfare on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hillary Clinton has launched a vision that she calls “Youth Opportunity Agenda”. Within the powerful agenda is contained the seeds for unprecedented federal spending and power. As part of this vision, Ms. Clinton seeks to “restore funding for child support enforcement to make sure that fathers do their part to support their children. But she [...]
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Posted in business, economy, government, jobs, labor, tagged economy, poor, poverty, recession, rights, unemployment on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »
The U.S. census reports that 36.5 million people or 9% of the population were living within the technical definition of poverty in 2006. “There is still a generation of no progress against poverty,” said Sheldon Danziger, at the National Poverty Center in Michigan. “Somehow, we have to confront the fact that … a rising economy [...]
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“Parson got a boxed lunch and some clothes at the West Main Mission Friday afternoon. He said he hopes his fortunes will change in a few years, when he’s old enough to draw Social Security.” This is representative of the attitude in Nashville and what people feel they have to look forward to. There is [...]
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Posted in civil rights, commentary, government, labor, terrorism, tagged Bradley Amendment, burden of proof, child support, civil, civil rights, criminal, deadbeat dad, due process, judgment, poverty on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The federal Bradley Amendment and Title V enforcement seems innocent and helpful to Americans on the surface. The federal law is purported to collect child support that could normally never be collected. It was hatched from the national hysteria whipped up in the 1980s by feminists and the U.S. Democratic party, derived from the legendary [...]
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Posted in commentary, economy, government, human rights, politics, tagged Bradley Amendment, decline, economy, income, policy, poor, poverty, support on February 7, 2008 | No Comments »
“The percentage of poor Americans who are living in severe poverty has reached a 32-year high, millions of working Americans are falling closer to the poverty line and the gulf between the nation’s “haves” and “have-nots” continues to widen.“
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“The share of poor Americans in deep poverty has climbed slowly but steadily over the [...]
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