Poor bear brunt of GOP's morally bankrupt plans
Robert Reich
SF Chronicle
Sunday, October 9, 2011
We dodged another shutdown bullet, but the next stopgap bill to keep the government going will run to Nov. 18. And their price for signing on to this one, Republicans say, will be more budget cuts.
Among other items, Republicans are demanding major cuts in a nutrition program for low-income women and children. The appropriation bill the House passed June 16 would deny benefits to more than 700,000 eligible low-income women and young children next year.
What kind of country are we living in?
More than 1 in 3 families with young children now live in poverty (37 percent, to be exact), according to a recent analysis of census data by Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies. That's the highest percent on record.
(More here.)
SF Chronicle
Sunday, October 9, 2011
We dodged another shutdown bullet, but the next stopgap bill to keep the government going will run to Nov. 18. And their price for signing on to this one, Republicans say, will be more budget cuts.
Among other items, Republicans are demanding major cuts in a nutrition program for low-income women and children. The appropriation bill the House passed June 16 would deny benefits to more than 700,000 eligible low-income women and young children next year.
What kind of country are we living in?
More than 1 in 3 families with young children now live in poverty (37 percent, to be exact), according to a recent analysis of census data by Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies. That's the highest percent on record.
(More here.)
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