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LTTE: $12b for an aircraft carrier? Just imagine what that money could buy 3 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 6 2945

Another Shocking Wealth Grab by the Rich -- In Just One Year 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2474

For the GOP, an Abyss Instead of Ideas 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2409

Moms in �survival mode' as U.S. trails world on paid leave 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2358

000,000,000.00 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 3475

Here's the Latest GOP Assault On Food Stamps: Requiring a Photo ID to Buy Food 3 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 2858

A simple test for conservative poverty proposals 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 2318

Where $300 Million Of Our Money Went Wednesday - Hint: Not Education - Which Was Still Way Cheaper T 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2143

Louie Gohmert: I became a congressman to stop single moms from getting welfare checks 4 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 3467

Stars, Wonks Focus on the Fact That One in Three Americans Lives at or Near Poverty 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2084

The True Enemy Is Cronyism 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1991

America declared an �unconditional war on poverty� 50 years ago, but you�d never know it 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2691

(military) Sequestration continues, but cuts not as deep 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2310

Holiday in Austerity Land: 1.3 Million Americans Lose Jobless Benefits 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2265

More Hunger for the Poorest Americans 1 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 2703

Cruelty, Corporations, Congress, and Christmas: Unhappy Holidays for the Poor & Unemployed 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2202

The Senate Is Abandoning The Unemployed. 2 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 4 2680

Congress cuts Food Stamps, maintains Estate Tax Loophole worth $100 bn to the Rich 3 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2808

Invisible Child - Girl in the Shadows: Dasani�s Homeless Life 0 GladRagDahl Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2970

Here We Go Again 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 2375

Food Stamps Cut Just In Time For Thanksgiving 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2749

The Insanity of Our Food Policy 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 2392

30% unemployment and soup lines? Na. 4 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 Nov 2013 1 4572

Cut in Food Stamps Forces Hard Choices on Poor 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 9 3014

Food Stamps Are Affordable; Corporate Welfare Is Not 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 2661

Food stamp cuts are ideological, not fiscal: Republicans make the poor pay to balance the budget 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 2487

San Diego getting futuristic ($5~7 billion dollar) destroyer (xpost from Veterans) 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2330

U.S. food banks struggle to meet new demand caused by food stamp cuts 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 12 2939

What does a $36 cut in food stamps look like on the kitchen table? 3 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 16 4180

Oct29: The Coming Food Stamp Cut Will Hit 900,000 Veterans 3 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 8 3142

Poverty Continued...

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Scrooge Republicans prefer Pentagon White Elephants to Food Stamps for Poor Children 6 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 16 4251

Ed Schultz blasts House GOP for kicking the poor �right in the teeth� with food cuts 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 8 2989

'Catastrophic': Congressional Apathy to Push Millions of Nation's Poor into Deeper Hunger 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 2820

Still Dancing Around the First Amendment 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 5 2497

"In Their Shoes" Stories of the homeless. 0 GreenPartyVoter Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2506

PA Gov. Corbett Unveils Plan to Restrict Medicaid, Use Funds for Private Insurance [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2519

New PA Budget: Reverse Robin Hood PA GOP Robs From the Poor to Give to the Rich [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2455

Federal Cuts to Food Assistance to Increase Hunger in PA as Farmers Markets Access Expands [VIDEO] 2 Counterpoint PA Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2906

2.7 Million Children Under the Age of 18 Have a Parent in Prison or Jail-WE NEED REFORM NOW! 0 MarkLaw Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2354

The Insidiousness of Unchecked Capitalism 2 JamesSchacht Feb 2013 Aug 2013 0 3191

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, 4 BillyRibs May 2013 May 2013 19 5183

Disgusting! America has found many ways to capitalize on poverty, this has to be the vilest! 4 socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 May 2013 10 4269

Poverty solved! 1 Riftaxe May 2013 May 2013 2 2917

Putting a Face on Welfare Spat 1 question everything Oct 2012 Apr 2013 6 3594

Meanwhile, we just had our Gas shut off... 15 FirstLight Mar 2013 Apr 2013 13 8786

Poverty only exists (Poll) 0 Riftaxe Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2492

The Insidiousness of Unchecked Capitalism (Continued) 2 JamesSchacht Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 3441

4 things.. 0 otherone Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2868

Petition to Obama for humanitarian aid 0 undeterred Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2615

Almost 2 months since a post in this forum 1 Riftaxe Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2882

X-post: What about the huge stinkin' elephant in the room? 2 GreenPartyVoter Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 3221

Starting a thread for poverty activists ... 3 mntleo2 May 2011 Sep 2012 3 4099

Fighting Poverty, Armed With Violins 5 groovedaddy Feb 2012 Sep 2012 3 4353

The 90-s are calling "Behold the Welfare Queen!" 1 eilen Sep 2012 Sep 2012 10 3386

From FB: Dial-up warning 0 GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 Sep 2012 10 3093

Anyone have advice on getting healthcare? 7 RedRocco May 2012 Aug 2012 1 6578

Maybe our world needs soup lines and 30% unemployment. 7 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 Aug 2012 4 4545

Well America - How's that NAFTA and Deregulation doing for ya? 1 in 2 Americans now Poor or Low 6 Yooperman Dec 2011 Jul 2012 9 6483

Homeless Students Top One Million, U.S. Says, Leaving Advocates 'Horrified' 1 Stuart G Jun 2012 Jun 2012 3 3038

Contrary to CW at DU, The UNC Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity is not dead 2 unc70 Apr 2012 Apr 2012 5 3754

Poverty Continued...

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Half of All Americans Living In Poverty or Close to It 2 Modern School Apr 2012 Apr 2012 9 4072

Florida Wasted $10,000�s Trying to Bust Poor People 2 Modern School Apr 2012 Apr 2012 6 3854

"More women vets are homeless, but housing scarce" 0 GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 Apr 2012 1 2755

America Eats Its Young (And Some Of Its Old) 1 Modern School Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 4065

One in five American children is growing up in poverty today. 3 Scuba Dec 2011 Dec 2011 4 3697

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