http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110309/ts_yblog_thelookout/jobs-returning-but-good-ones-not-so-much
Just saw this story on yahoo this evening, and it made me sad.
It also made me want to point out to folks calling for massive cuts to "entitlement" programs like welfare, unemployment benefits, and food stamps, that the jobs available could still leave many people in poverty, even though they are now working.
I don't have simple or easy answers either, so I'm hesitant to criticize our lawmakers too much. This can't be an easy task, figuring out how to manage the budget properly.
But I just hope they are reading the same news I'm reading, and thinking about how vulnerable many Americans still are. I hope we can find a way of collectively living within our means, without resorting to starving our poorest citizens.
~N~
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