Government Aid

'Nobody's Going to F-ing Die Because We're Poor!'

Annie McKee | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Welfare, Poverty, Nutrition, Poor, Cancer, Teleos Leadership Institute, President Barack Obama, Obesity, Domestic Violence, Government Aid, President Obama, Low Income Families, Cancer Treatment, Impact News
Annie McKee

Of course, rich and middle-class people suffer from cancer and drug abuse, alcoholism, child and spouse abuse. All of these issues are complicated. So is poverty. I know this from my own personal experience.

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Huge Share Of Americans Tapping Government Benefits

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Government Aid, Video, Jobless Rate, Social Security, Unemployment Rate, Business News, Jobless Benefits, Unemployment Benefits, Government Benefits, Business News

The U.S. government is lending a hand to a record number of Americans. During the second quarter of 2010, nearly half -- or 48.6 percent -- of Ame...

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Government Aid Keeps Millions Out Of Poverty [GRAPHIC]

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Government Aid, Video, Poverty, Social Security, Earned Income Tax Credit, Poverty Line, Unemployment Insurance, u.s. Census Bureau, Center for American Progress, Business News

Prevalent as poverty is in the United States, it'd be a lot worse without government aid. As seen in the below infographic by the Center For Ameri...

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Janell Ross

Fifteen Years Later, Welfare Reform Leaving More In Poverty

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Welfare, Poverty, Welfare Reform, Welfare Payments, Arizona Welfare Program, Joblessness, Recession, Government Aid, Single Mothers, Unemployment, Welfare Benefits, Block Grants, President Clinton, Business News

Sasha Mandel says she never imagined going on welfare. But her plans for a career and the independence she craved ran headlong into a pair of unforese...

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PHOTOS: Which Nations Are The Most Generous?

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Aid, Sweden, Philanthropy, Slidepollajax, Poor Countries, Commitment to Development Index, Center for Global Development, World News

Sweden is rated as the most overall philanthropic nation on the planet, according to a new report. Prepared by the Center For Global Development, t...

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Sending Schools More and More Money is not the Answer.

Michael N. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Aid, The Biggest Loser, School Funding, Education, Education News
Michael N. Smith

You would like to believe schools have good financial judgment and self-discipline, but I hate to tell you... not so much.

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Family Sells Everything To Survive

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Hunting, Homeless Family, Government Aid, Joblessness, No Job, Poverty-Report, Family Homeless, Impact News

A new Census Bureau report shows more people are living at or below the poverty threshold, CNN reports, which means that many in the United States are...

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Privatized Cutting Edges

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Aid, Privatization, Gulf Oil Spill, Anti-Government, Technology News
Rob Kall

Why are lovers of privatization and "government small enough so you can drown it in a bathtub" calling for Obama to come to the aid of the victims of a disaster created by a corporation?

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Trauma in Haiti: An Assault On the Senses

William Spear | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Aid, Haiti Earthquake, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Ptsd, Ngo, U.S. Health and Human Services, Haiti, World News
William Spear

The very real impact on first responders in Haiti raises a critical need for care not unlike that of our veterans who have returned from Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.

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Pell Grant College Aid Program Will Fall $18 Billion Short

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University, Government Aid, Education, Pell, Pell Grant, Financial Aid, Higher Education, College Aid, Private Loans, Student Loans, Student Aid, College News

WASHINGTON — The Pell Grant program for needy college students is facing a massive shortfall as the country's bleak job market drives people bac...

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Obama's Big Government SWAT Team

BusinessWeek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Aid, White House, Technocrats, Jeffrey Zients, Government Spending, Obama Administration, Government Efficiency, Government Programs, Jeffrey D. Zients, Big Government, Politics News

The Obama Administration's huge ramp-up in spending has given rise to a national debate over the size and role of government. It has provoked fears th...

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