Child poverty

Everybody get ready, we're all about to be economically stimulated!The Dems and Reps finally agreed on an economic stimulus package. Barring a Bush signing statement that says something like, "Thanks loads; I'll give all the money out to my rich friends," this means most of us will get lump sums of money to stimulate the economy.Being poor, I was interested, I would even say stimulated, by this news. I wanted to know what the actual law said so I could see if I was going to get some, and how...Read Full Story

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In recent years, one of the most impressive trends in family life has been the increase in the proportion of births that are to unmarried women. In 2005, just under 37 percent of births were to a woman who was not married. Source: for 1970-1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005.Read Full Story

A comprehensive review of data on the poor in American was done by the Heritage Foundation. Based upon this review Robert E. Rector wrote an article titled, "How Poor Are America's Poor? Examining the "Plague" of Poverty in America." The following are excerpts from this article.The following are facts about persons defined as "poor" by the Census Bureau, taken from various gov­ernment reports:Forty-three percent of all poor households actu­ally own their own homes. The average home owned by...Read Full Story

I read a report today that talked about the gulf between wealthy and poor children that had widened since the 1970s in England.Having lived around the world, observed people struggling to provide their children with the basics of life, I find it it offensive when people in the so called 'developed' world bleat on about inequities and how poor someone is in Sunderland or wherever. They have no clue.It is interesting because those living in Sunderland, Manchester or Hackney in London can get...Read Full Story