#Poverty

Douglas Rice

HUDBudgetGeek

An estimated 14.3 million renters are not caught up on rent, acc. to recent @uscensusbureau hardship data. The #EvictionMoratorium is expiring at the end of the month, leaving millions of

dirt squirrel

dirtsquirrel2

hey libs maybe stop calling trump supporters poor white trash trailer dwellers as a way to discredit them. first of all it's largely not poor people who vote against the

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

No program has yet been designed to eliminate poverty. Ontario’s pilot BI program was based on 75% of the LIM (StatCan’s low income measure). Expanding that nationwide would cost $76-$79B,

Alina Salganicoff

a_salganicoff

Today @macpacgov voted to recommend that Congress extend #Medicaid and CHIP coverage for a year #postpartum with the Federal govt picking up 100% of cost. This would be a game

Erin Riley

erinrileyau

Oh FFS, WE HAVE JOBKEEPER TO SHOW FOR IT. We have income support during shut downs to show for it. Also, "lefties" who complain about deficit spending (ESPECIALLY counter-cyclical deficit

QuaranTim Kovach

twkovach

I finally got around to reading @claudiaLpersico’s working paper “Can Pollution Cause Poverty?” It’s a fascinating piece of scholarship, so I wanted to do a thread on it. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3539513 T

Timothy E Kaldas

tekaldas

Egypt's non-oil & gas private sector contracted in Jan with PMI rising from 48.2 to 48.7, but still in contraction territory below 50Despite the praise Egypt gets, the private sector

Koketso Moeti

Kmoeti

Every time anyone in government speaks about frontline healthcare workers being infected or dying like they care, I can’t stop myself from remembering when the healthcare workers had to protest

@DaveCohencomedy

DaveCohencomedy

Short thread: With live entertainment being allowed to die by the government (and everything that benefits from it eg TV. tourism), it's worth remembering that the greatest contribution to stand-up

David Roberts

drvolts

My new post: I talk about the famous Trolley Problem in ethics & why it bugs me so much ... and I end up going on for so long that

Adnaan

theadnaankhan

A THREAD:Dear Indian media and news channels,I have some "real news" for you people to consider and have debates on. India has largest undernourished population in the world•14.9% population is undernourished•195.9 million

#GratitudeEpOutNow

iamxavier07

Mental bondage is one if not the devil’s biggest weapon against Christians. He creates those thinking patterns from a very young age, so that we grow up thinking it’s normal,

David Buck

davidjbuck

1/11. Happy new year! Brief thread on some key reports/orgs/people linking #health & #economy & #levellingup. Purveyors of these two ends of the telescope increasingly realising the issues are the

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cFIREsim

I don't know if I will EVER get over the rugged individualism that has plagued the US. We're 11 months into this pandemic, and people CANNOT do the right thing

Mafipe

Mafipe

Next year I turn 40. I remember finishing high school at 17. What’s interesting and frightening is that if I intend to retire at 55, I have less time available

Stonekettle

Stonekettle

Milton, Florida. Hick, backwater (literally), Southern town. This guy is mad about trans people. Last week the sign said "Biden Stole It!" But this week, it's trans folk. And he's

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