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- Almanac of Policy Issues: Poverty - - An overview of poverty in the United States, including the latest Census Bureau estimates and distribution issues. Includes links and recent news.
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- Defining Poverty - - Ohio State University extension fact sheet on poverty and its official definitation, with an emphasis on poverty in Ohio.
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- The Lottery - - Article on the negative effects of the lottery. "People go there seeking hope, seeking huge benefits; instead they get ripped off, impoverished by the state government that was elected to protect them. The average person who consistently invests in the lottery will remain poor forever..
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- The Myth of Widespread American Poverty - - 850 Kb PDF file. A look at the actual material living standards of persons defined as "poor" demonstrates that the Census Bureau's official poverty report is misleading.
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- The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) - - An overview of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a generic federal block grant program for social services in the United States. Includes information on funding, services provided, and the program's legislative history.
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- The Welfare State - - This article discusses and compares the welfare state in Britain, France, Sweden, Germany, the United States, the European Union and developing countries.
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- Xenophobia and the Poor - - Opinion pieces examining the roots of discrimination against the needy, especially neighborhood NIMBY opposition to social services siting in Buffalo, New York, by William W. Berry.
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- US Shelters Swell - With Families - - Recession and Sept. 11 are causing more homelessness, which may echo '80s crisis. From the Christian Science Monitor. (November 29, 2001)
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