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'War on Poverty' anniversary sparks renewed commitment to the effort
… and the Alliance for Children and Families, to work together in 2014 to educate, innovate and act to reduce poverty in communities across the country. Catholic Charities outlined the … tangible opportunities to work together throughout 2014 to support each other's poverty-reduction initiatives," said a statement Wednesday from Fr. Larry Snyder, Catholic Charities' … One problem Beckmann sees in cutting poverty further is that "wages haven't kept up with inflation for working people. ... We haven't continued serious progress against poverty because …
Jan 10, 2014
Paul Ryan: A follower of St. Thomas Aquinas or Ayn Rand?
… current 35 percent (on incomes above $388,350) to 25 percent. Yet he plans scarcely any tax reduction for the least affluent households, those with incomes below $30,000, though they would … ready to communicate them to others in their need." Under the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act of 1978, the Federal Reserve has a dual mandate, to target price stability (minimal inflation) and full employment. But for strict free-marketeers, stable prices take absolute …
Sep 18, 2012