July 2012
11 posts
Truth: 1 in 4 Texas children live in poverty →
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July 29, 2012
Texas ranks 44th among states in overall children’s health and well-being, the Annie E. Casey Foundation reports in its annual Kids Count Data Book. Texas’ child poverty rate is higher than the national rate, with one-in-four children living in poverty;…
“And the worse things get, the more alluring Walmart’s siren call of low prices becomes. While the Ford Motor Co. once profited by creating a workforce that could afford to buy its cars, today Walmart profits by ensuring that Americans cannot afford to shop anywhere else. The average family of four now spends over $4,000 a year at Walmart.”
—Cagle Post » Walmart: 50 Years of Gutting America’s Middle Class (via silas216)
“It’s often said that libertarianism is the philosophy of “I’ve got mine and f’ off.” That philosophy works fine for the individual until the individual actually needs help. Human beings don’t live in insular pods. When our neighbor’s house burns, there’s a good chance ours could. When our coworker gets sick, there’s a good chance we will. At some point in the very near future, voters have to stop seeing themselves only as individuals and start thinking as a community. As much as I weep for my home state of Colorado, I hope these fires wake the voters up to realize that sometimes government is necessary and that someone needs to pay for the protections that everyone takes for granted. Perhaps then, people will be more amenable to the conversation about global warming and its short and long-term dangers.”
—Wendy Gittleson (via socialuprooting)
