Thursday, August 4, 2011

America: Land of the Poor?



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You would think with a staggering 43 million people living in poverty in the US, that this would have gotten a massive response from politicians especially during an election year. But instead, for some reason Washington is largely silent. Christopher Chambers, Georgetown University Professor and Author of the Blog Nat Turner's Revenge, says the poor don't have a popular voice to help them fight. Nicki Kurokawa, Director of Research Analysis at the Winston Group, explains welfare programs in place today just don't give the right incentives.

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