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Tag Archives: Poverty in America
Forbes Magazine: ‘There’s These Homeless Encampments Everywhere’: RFK Jr. Complains About State Of San Francisco’
Source:Forbes Magazine– Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy JR. Except for the striking resemblance, it’s hard to believe that this is Robert F. Kennedy’s on. But that’s a different story. Source:The New Democrat “At a recent campaign rally, independent 2024 … Continue reading
Posted in Forbes Magazine, The New Democrat
Tagged 2023, 2024 Presidential Election, America, California, Forbes, Forbes Magazine, Homelessness, Housing, Poverty, Poverty in America, Robert F. Kennedy JR For President, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., San Francisco, U.S. Government, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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American Enterprise Institute: Welfare Reform- Why? 1976
Source:The New Democrat “May 20, 1976: This AEI Round Table brings together four experts to discuss whether major modifications are needed in the American public welfare system. Why have welfare costs skyrocketed in recent years? Do these rising costs prove … Continue reading
Posted in AEI Video, The New Democrat
Tagged 1976, America, American Economy, Economic Freedom, Education, Job Creation, Job Training, Poverty, Poverty in America, Public Assistance, The 1970s, U.S. Government, United States, Washington, Washington DC, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work
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The New America Foundation: Lara Burt: TANF & Teachers: How Current Policies Are Keeping Single Mothers Down and Out of School
Source:The New Democrat It’s not that TANF or the Temporary Assistance For Needy Families, hasn’t succeed, because it has. Take away the Great Recession and we’re not looking at a twenty-percent poverty rate today, because under TANF low-income parents are … Continue reading
Posted in New America Foundation, The New Democrat
Tagged Economic Development, Economic Freedom, Economic Liberalism, Education, Job Training, Lara Burt, Liberalism, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Adults, Middle Class, Poverty in America, Public Assistance, Ron Haskins, TANF, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work
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Conservable Economist: Timothy Taylor- Twenty Years Since The Welfare Reform of 1996
Source:The New Democrat Tim Taylor, makes some great points about the timing that Welfare to Work was done in 1996. The economy started booming again in 1994. The budget deficit was falling, unemployment was dropping. But we’ve had good economic … Continue reading
Posted in The New Democrat, War on Poverty
Tagged 104th Congress, 1996, America, Arkansas, Bill Clinton, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Democratic Party, Economic Freedom, Education, Job Placement, Job Training, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism, Liberals, Limited Government, Living wage, Minimum Wage, New Democrats, Newt Gingrich, Personal Responsibility, Poverty in America, Republican Party, Ron Haskins, TANF, Temporary Assistance For Needy Families, The 1990s, Timothy Taylor, Trent Lott, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, United States, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work, Work Requirements
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James Patterson: ‘Freedom is Not Enough: The Moynihan Report’
Source:Amazon– James Patterson’s book. Source:The New Democrat “On June 4, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson delivered what he and many others considered the greatest civil rights speech of his career. Proudly, Johnson hailed the new freedoms granted to African Americans due … Continue reading
Posted in Book TV, The New Democrat
Tagged African-American Community, African-American History, America, Center Left, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democratic Party, Economic Freedom, Education, Franklin Roosevelt, Freedom is Not Free, Harry Truman, James Patterson, Job Training, Lyndon Johnson, Poverty in America, Progressive Democrats, Progressives, Progressivism, Public Assistance, The 1960s, The Moynihan Report, United States, War on Poverty, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work
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The Nation: Rebecca Vallas & Melissa Boteach: Paul Ryan Just Accidentally Made a Great Case For Raising The Minimum Wage
Source:The New Democrat Am I missing something here, or has The Nation come back down to Planet Earth and finally just left Planet Utopia where there’s no such thing as war, poverty, bigotry, everything that most people see as bad? … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, The New Democrat
Tagged 114th Congress, 2015, America, House Republicans, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Workers, Melissa Boteach, Minimum Wage, Paul Ryan, Poverty, Poverty in America, Public Assistance, Rebecca Vallas, Speaker Paul Ryan, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, United States, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work, Wisconsin
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Eldridge Edison: U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders: On The Earned Income Tax Credit (1993)
Source:The New Democrat Anyone who actually interested in helping to move people out of poverty in America would be in favor of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Unless you’re an Ayn Randian who says that government has no role in … Continue reading
Posted in Bernie Sanders, The New Democrat
Tagged 103rd Congress, 1993, 1993 Budget Bill, America, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Democratic Socialists, Earned Income Tax Credit, Far Left, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Workers, New Left, Poverty in America, The 1990s, The White House, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, United States, Vermont, Washington, Washington DC, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work
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Economist’s View: Alan Krueger: The Minimum Wage: How Much is Too Much?
Source:The New Democrat Good question, because how is a job where the employee bags groceries, rings up groceries, makes cheeseburgers, cleans up after people, takes orders from customers, worth. Not as much as the person who hires those people, or … Continue reading
Posted in New Left, The New Democrat
Tagged 2015, Alan Krueger, America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Economic Freedom, Education, Employee Compensation, Employers, Entry-Level Workers, Individual Freedom, Job Training, Liberalism, Liberals, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Workers, Low-Wage Workers, Minimum Wage, Personal Responsibility, Poverty in America, Robert Reich, United States
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Brookings Institution: Ron Haskins: $2 a Day, A More Complete Picture
Source:The New Democrat I agree with Ron Haskins here that when today’s Progressives say that Americans in poverty only live on $2 a day, they tend to leave out things like public housing, food assistance, Medicaid to use as examples. … Continue reading
Posted in Brookings, The New Democrat
Tagged 2015, America, Brookings, Brookings Institution, Education, Job Training, Low-Income, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled, Low-Skilled Workers, Poverty, Poverty in America, Public Assistance, Ron Haskins, Safety Net, Social Insurance, United States, Washington, Washington DC, Welfare, Welfare to Work
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The American Conservative: Timothy S. Goglein: The Moynihan Report at 50
Source:The New Democrat I believe the failure of the Great Society and where it comes up really short, is that it has essentially subsidized poverty in America. Not help people get out of poverty, but subsidize them while they’re in … Continue reading
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