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It Is Expensive to Be Poor
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/it-is-expensive-to-be-poor/282979/...The Great Recession should have put the victim-blaming theory of poverty to rest. In the space of only a few months, millions of people entered the ranks of the officially poor—not only laid-off blue-collar workers, but also downsized tech workers, managers, lawyers, and other once-comfortable professionals. No one could accuse these “nouveau poor” Americans of having made bad choices or bad lifestyle decisions. They were educated, hardworking, and ambitious, and now they were also poor—applying for food stamps, showing up in shelters, lining up for entry-level jobs in retail. This would have been the moment for the pundits to finally admit the truth: Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.
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Denver Rescue Mission's doors locked based on complaint from Ballpark Neighborhood Association
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"A district court judge agreed with a lawsuit filed by the Ballpark Neighborhood Association. The lawsuit claimed the mission violated the zoning code by expanding its homeless services. The mission says this isn't an expansion."
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http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/denver-rescue-missions-doors-locked-based-on-complaint-from-ballpark-neighborhood-association
Priorities.
If Today’s Republican Party Were to Come Up With A Good Idea, It Would Die of Loneliness
Margaret, normally we can find a little humor in everything. I think that’s why we’ve outlived almost everyone we know. But the Republican Party has gotten to a place where even humor doesn’t make them palatable.
If I hear one more Republican deliver the talking point that America doesn’t need a continuation of Obama’s failed policies… Well I’d say I’d pull my hair out, but I want to hang on to what little I have left.
...read the rest...
http://margaretandhelen.com/2015/10/19/that-republican-dog-just-dont-hunt/
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