Economic Opportunity Commentaries
"The aim is to lure an employment center to Lacoochee, a poverty-stricken area of 1,300 residents where half the adults lack a high school education"
"One million kids drop out each year. In the nation's 50 largest cities, the graduation rate is barely 50 percent. We are losing half our young people to a devouring cycle of poverty"
"Does any thinking human being believe, as Pompeo implied, that private organizations can provide some semblance of economic security for 37 million Americans living in poverty?"
"For a long time, Dress for Success Greater Orlando didn't have to ask for the business suits it passes on to low-income women in need of clothes appropriate for a job interview"
"Increasing Pell Grants will help many young and not-so-young people realize their potential and help our nation move forward"
"The package expands the Earned Income Tax Credit temporarily to raise the pay of the working poor. There also is money to allow low-income workers to qualify for a tax credit of up to $1,000 per child, a break currently denied them"
"will allow those who pay no income taxes or payroll taxes, due to the Earned Income Tax Credit, to get a government check"
"[W]hat about the almost 3 million Americans who will slide into poverty by this time next year if national unemployment catches up with the six states where 9 percent of workers are already jobless?"
"[A] pay boost to create careers of self-discovery and transform neighborhoods and cultures among the least advantaged"
"Increased economic freedom has lifted millions from poverty and helped millions more live better lives"
"He would do well to pay tribute to Dr. King in his program as well as his words"
"[T]he twelve-year experiment that equated working for minimum wage with taking responsibility may be over"
"[P]rovides an excellent model for responsibly expanding homeownership to low- and moderate-income families across the country in the post-subprime-loans era"
"Poverty is on the rise, record numbers of people are relying on food stamps and we've seen no relief for the foreclosure crisis"
"The economic downturn, however severe, should not be used as an excuse to send American workers on a race to the bottom, where previously middle-class occupations take a sweatshop's approach to pay and benefits"
"charities should continue feeding these desperate workers, but we should also get at the root causes of their desperation"
"it would significantly improve the lives of poor and middle-class people who need kidneys and those willing to sell one"
"in order to avoid being poor you have to do three things: 1. graduate from high school; 2. wait until you're married to have children and; 3. wait until age 20 to have children"
"Those with less and less of a chance to climb out of poverty are silhouetted against gargantuan CEO salaries and bonus packages pulled down by those on top"
"Incomes for the poorest one-fifth of all earners have grown on average 3.9% a year since 1994"
"The situation is far worse in low-income minority areas, where the youth employment rate appears to be hovering not much above 10 percent"
"Almost one-quarter of families with children under the age of 18 are headed and supported by women as are the majority of single-adult households without children. This package will not put food on their plates"
"A national demonstration project on how to put the unskilled -- especially black men -- to work insulating houses and installing solar panels"
Commentary: A New Approach to Economic Well-being
A closer look at the impact that the Earned Income Tax Credit can have in states.
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