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Paul Bernal
PaulbernalUK
On ‘child poverty’ - and I expect to get attacked for this. The focus on *child* poverty is partly a mask for something not nearly so pleasant. Children are ‘innocent’,
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the frontman of evil
WorstPlace
The short answer is "Well,"The long answer is "Not exactly,"https://twitter.com/bigblackjacobin/status/1352707422931087360 If the goal is to push the majority of people "in poverty" right over the line so they
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Adsum for Women & Children
adsumforwomen
More thoughts the appalling child poverty numbers for NS reported yesterday by @CCPANS From @ydentremont in today's @HfxExaminer "Child poverty catches our attention because it is one of the worst
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Marcus Womack
MarcusGWomack
Folks crushed by poverty/receiving govt assistance aren’t the most in need of Dave Ramsey’s debt reduction plans. My neighbors in that reality often budget better than anyone I know. The
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Declan Gaffney
djmgaffneyw4
Work in progress. Decided to chart 'absolute' child poverty on the current official definition back to 1961 to illustrate why it is not absolute and why you shouldn't use it
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Gkorczak
LordJebuz
Poverty and Mental IllnessPeople with mental illness often live in chronic poverty. Conversely, poverty can be a significant risk factor for poor physical and mental health. https://ontario.cmha.ca/documents/poverty-and-mental-illness/ &quo
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Prettybrains08
Been meditating on this the last several days, “the poverty of the poor is their calamity.” Prov 10:15In other words, it’s the mindset, which govern habits & lifestyle, that keeps
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Right To Food UK
right2fooduk
It is clear that food cannot be treated as a commodity and left to the market, but rather it needs to be understood as a fundamental human right that must
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Helen Barnard
Helen_Barnard
Lots of debate about equalities & protected characteristics today. My main thought: there's no choice to be made between taking action to dismantle racism, sexism, prejudice against disabled people etc
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Alice Nuttall
Ally_Nuttall
I'm seeing people recycling the "but fruit and veg are cheap, poor people can definitely buy them!" argument, and here are some of the problems with that: 1. When you're
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End Child Poverty
EndChildPoverty
A thread.1/ Why did today’s story that OSR upheld @AnnaFeuchtwang @EndChildPoverty’s complaint that @10DowningStreet had repeatedly used inaccurate child poverty data matter? @ncbtweets @CPAGUK @actnforchildren 2/ Because to deny the
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Dr. Guendouzi ( The Cerebral Assassin )
fimiletoks
A guy said doc, we have 70m poor people in Nigeria, "poverty capital".. I replied but we have 136m people that aren't poor in Nigeria. This figure is enough to
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i sell wigs @slaybyjanay
selfiegoddesss
my views are harsh because i was a very poor child and i don’t think any child should ever experience poverty. ever. it’s not positive for growth, it’s traumatic, it’s
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Declan Gaffney
djmgaffneyw4
Further to my tweet about the identification of poverty with worklessness, an idea that has become increasingly unrealistic over the last 25 years, here is the breakdown of kids in
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Emma Congreve
emma_econ
Some thoughts from me on yesterdays draft budget announcements re. tackling inequalities in Scotland. Whilst some things to cheer about, some others that question the priorities that were at the
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Laurie Bertram Roberts #EverydayRJ ✊🏽🏳️🌈♿️
smartstatistic
I haven't had to report my life to the state of Mississippi for food stamps or medicaid in over a year. Transitioning out of poverty is a journey- I'm probably
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