World-News

Poor America

P a n o r a m a [B B C]: Video Documentary

With one and a half million (1.5 million) American children now homeless, reporter Hilary Andersson meets the school pupils who go hungry in the richest country on Earth.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30546.htm



Instead of Being Disgusted by Poverty, We Are Disgusted By Poor People Themselves

By Suzanne Moore

Empathy has crashed. No more cruel to be kind. We must simply be cruel.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30551.htm



Australia s 'Child Labour Camp'

Video

Right in the middle of a quiet suburb is a place where children are separated from their parents, and forced to work full time for no pay, and live in squalid conditions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30547.htm



Poor America: 'Some kids are making ketchup soup'

Video

Children told of going to bed hungry and worrying about their families, while school officials said some children were resorting to eating ''ketchup soup''.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_9695000/9695217.stm


From Information Clearing House

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Keynesians Jump the Gun on Inflation
http://lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff151.html

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Number of Children Living Amid Poverty Has Surged This Decade: Study
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/24

Screwed Unemployed Workers and Rising Concentrated Poverty
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/24-5

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Raising taxes on poor to fund cuts for rich?

The Raw Story

02/24/12

It looked good on paper. A bill sponsored by Kansas Republican Governor Sam Brownback would spur economic growth by cutting income taxes on residents and doing away with them entirely for most small business while reducing or eliminating a variety of tax credits. But it turns out that in the version of the bill approved by a House committee this week, half a million of the state s poorest residents who earn less than $25,000 will wind up paying an average of $72 more per year, while the 21,000 Kansans who make over $250.000 will get an average tax cut of $1500...

http://tinyurl.com/6rm26w3


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=unemploy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=workers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=poor
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=homeless
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=poverty
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=wealthy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Republican
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sam+Brownback
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Keynes
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Suzanne+Moore
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/schiff
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Greg+Kaufmann

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