Middle Class Families

Relief for Middle Class Families

Lawrence H. Summers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawrence H. Summers

It has been a trying time for Americans since the recession began nearly two and a half years ago, and we still have a long way to go. Relief for middle class families is indispensable to our efforts to lay a new foundation for our future prosperity.

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Child Care Cuts Force Parents Back on Welfare

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Poor and already vulnerable mothers and children are being hard hit by budget cuts to child care assistance, leaving working parents without child-care help, making them lose their jobs, and forcing them back onto welfare.

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Arthur Delaney

Reactions To The State Of The Union From People Being Squeezed Out Of The Middle Class

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama spoke in his State of the Union address about how health insurance reform could help middle class families. "I took on health care b...

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Peaceful Revolution: Congress: Include Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act in the Recovery Package!

Elizabeth Lower-Basch | Posted 11.17.2011

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Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Astonishingly enough, what the government often does is give breaks to everyone except the people who need them the most. Less than 40 percent of unemployed workers receive UI benefits.

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