Poverty

The economic stance in favor today is to give breaks to the wealthy under the expectation that if they have more money, they are more likely to be in a position to invest to make our means of production bigger and better. What the stance is missing is that corporations do lots of marketing studies to figure out how much of what to produce. Guess what the marketing studies look at? more »

Newly released data by the United States Census Bureau continues to show how much President George W. Bush has ravaged the American economic landscape. more »

People don't choose to enter into poverty, nor do they choose to stay there. Things happen. People get sick or injured. Workers are laid off. Extended bouts of unemployment turn prospective employers off. Stumbling blocks. They're killers. And the worst part is, so many in this country remain lethally ignorant of them. more »

My local paper in Western Mass., the Daily Hampshire Gazette (sub. req'd), today reported on the strain being put upon area food banks.

Food banks across Massachusetts, already hobbled by state and federal budget cuts, are struggling to meet the increasing demands of a faltering economy beset by the mortgage debacle and higher food and energy costs. more »