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Intro. "America" and "poverty" are words that should not appear in the same sentence. We are the wealthiest country in the world; that we should have poverty at all is oxymoronic, and that we have the highest child poverty in the industrialized world is downright shameful.
— Apr 10, 2013 04:25PM
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By the fall of 2011, one in seven people, and one in four children, were receiving food stamps.
— Apr 10, 2013 04:46PM
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Intro p xviii. Public policy is essential, but so is civic action. The millions of one-on-one, one-by-one connections that occur every day, both professionally and through volunteering, make a huge difference. Individual responsibility is indispensable, too.
— Apr 10, 2013 04:38PM
