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Posts Tagged ‘poverty’

Report: Nearly a quarter of all Americans struggle to afford food – Salon.com

Posted: 2013/05/26 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Uncategorized
Tags: poverty
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Thanks to Will Voss for this and many other excelent articles.  
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/24/report_nearly_a_quarter_of_all_americans_struggle_to_afford_food/?source=newsletter

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“recovery” my ass: Millions of Americans live in extreme poverty

Posted: 2013/05/13 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Uncategorized
Tags: fraud, justice, poverty, propaganda, recovery
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“recovery” my ass: Millions of Americans live in extreme poverty

Ezra Klein just shared this: 

Millions of Americans live in extreme poverty. Here’s how they get by.

By Dylan Matthews

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