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Re: Research Finds Outright Grants of Cash are an Effective Form of Aid to the Poor

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Post by up_and_up » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 2:32 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #77

up_and_up wrote: post #32

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Sorry, but people are starving in America: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/US/hunger-children-america-slow... Are you aware that many kids in America grow up without access to even a basic grocery store and decent nutrition? Starvation can be slow and steady.

Sorry, your first world starvationhas nothing to do with the thurd world poverty you have probably never seen in your life. Stop spreading myths or half truths and get out and see for yourself what i amtalking about.

I have spent time in India, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Mexico. I have definitely seen poverty.

Re: Research Finds Outright Grants of Cash are an Effective Form of Aid to the Poor

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Post by ekianjo » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 2:38 PM UTC

up_and_up wrote: post #131

ekianjo wrote: post #77

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Sorry, your first world starvationhas nothing to do with the thurd world poverty you have probably never seen in your life. Stop spreading myths or half truths and get out and see for yourself what i amtalking about.

I have spent time in India, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Mexico. I have definitely seen poverty.

Then you should know enough to see the difference between the poverty these and back in the US. In some of the countries you mentioned some people die because they are poor. In the US, you usually don't die of that poverty. You don't live very well, you struggle to make a living and to eat well, but you don't just disappear and die like that.

Re: Research Finds Outright Grants of Cash are an Effective Form of Aid to the Poor

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Post by pmorici » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 3:06 PM UTC

lawnchair_larry wrote: post #84

pmorici wrote: post #38

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How do you feel about things like Social Security Disability benefits? By most accounts there is some very real abuse of that social welfare program that could cause it to not be there for people who legitimately need it. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50156574n

The cost of the abuse does not exceed the cost of losing the program entirely and leaving the non-abusers high and dry. It's not an ideal situation, but we are worse off if we throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The point is we are close to loosing the system because of the abuses though. The SSDI fund is predicted to be the first to run out of money which is projected to be only a few years away at the current rate.