Federal Poverty Line

Romney in the Safety Net Hot Seat

Meredith A. Bennett-Smith | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Federal Poverty Line, Mitt Romney Bain Capital, Entitlements, Medicaid, Food Stamp Program, Newt Gingrich, Soledad O'Brien, Politics News
Meredith A. Bennett-Smith

I'd be more inclined to overlook the comment, ridiculous as it was, if Romney wasn't in fact campaigning on what could be described as a fairly anti-safety net platform. History is on my side here.

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The New Poverty Measure

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community Service Society, Welfare, Poor, Poverty, David R. Jones, Federal Poverty Line, New York News, U.S. Department of Commerce, New York News
David R. Jones, Esq.

I think everyone who gets to know young kids knows the look of total disbelief you get when you offer them a quarter (or even worse a dime) and suggest they get some candy.

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Abortion Rises In Poor Women

Mother Jones | Andy Kroll | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Poor Women, Federal Poverty Line, Contraception, Pregnancy, Family Planning Clinics, Birth Control, Recession, Finances, Health, Healthy Living News

A new report by the Guttmacher Institute shows that poor women in the US make up a higher proportion of those getting abortions than they did eight ye...

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Changing the Federal Poverty Measure...or Not

Diana M. Pearce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Poverty Measure, Poverty, Government Poverty, Supplemental Poverty Measure, Spm, Nas, Poverty Line, Federal Poverty Line, Rebecca Blank, Poor, Census Bureau, Poverty Threshold, Business News
Diana M. Pearce

An accurate measure must be created that truly reflects the 21st century realities facing the working poor. Only then can we hope to find who, where and why we still have poverty in the world's richest nation.

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