Day: September 16, 2012

How to win the war on poverty? Redistribute

“When Meyer and Sullivan looked at poorer families’ consumption rather than income, accounted for changes in the tax code that benefit the poor, and included “noncash benefits” such as food stamps and government-provided medical care, they found poverty fell 12.5 percentage points between 1972 and 2010.” I come away wondering if when you put it all together the Great Society has failed because it has failed to be transformative: just as many people are unable to earn a good income and support themselves.

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A joyful noise on a Sunday morning

“It’s a really wonderful and exciting way to be able to praise God with the talents he’s given all of us,” said Libby Federici, 15, a member of the Children’s Choir at Erie’s Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul.

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