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redqueen

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11. I don't think people realize how many people are falling through the cracks

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 25, 2019, 09:53 PM

Nov 2019

People who are working, sometimes two jobs, making minimum wage but still not poor enough to get much help.

Our current welfare system is a poverty trap. It has to change.

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Forgiving Student Debt Would Boost Economy, Economists Say [View all] applegrove Nov 2019 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Nov 2019 #1

My pleasure. applegrove Nov 2019 #3

K n R ! Thanks for posting! JoeOtterbein Nov 2019 #2

I live new and important information like that. Canada, where we have applegrove Nov 2019 #4

Yes, it will help the economy. TexasTowelie Nov 2019 #5

Any decision picks winners and losers. Degrees pay for themselves in higher applegrove Nov 2019 #6

Okay then, TexasTowelie Nov 2019 #7

I have always been an advocate of a negative income tax. That is a bit applegrove Nov 2019 #8

You make a point about the system not helping high paid middleclass people that fall on hard times. Blue_true Nov 2019 #10

I don't think people realize how many people are falling through the cracks redqueen Nov 2019 #11

Very thoughtful post. Blue_true Nov 2019 #9

I'm sure it would - but how much? redqueen Nov 2019 #12