“If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.”
John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage

Poverty in America

Robert Reich Explains the Economy

Tea Party Pubic Service Announcement

December 22, 2007

Pew Charitable Trust Releases Report on Economic Mobility in the US

Economic Mobility:
Is the American Dream Alive and Well

This report also discusses the implications of new analysis showing that the strength of America’s rising economic tide has not benefited significant segments of our citizenry. Gone are the days when a stable, single income was enough to launch the next generation toward growing prosperity. In modern America, upward mobility is increasingly a family enterprise. And during a time of rapidly shifting household structure, this has significant repercussions for the economic mobility prospects of millions of Americans.

http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Economic_Mobility/EMP_American_Dream_Report.pdf

1 comment:

keanbda said...

The United States sets precedence for most of its surrounding countries. It is not surprising that the topic is addressed because even in the smaller countries, family unity has been the driving force of progress with the individual within the family. The question is, what about those who are not given the priviledge to have a jump start to help the family progress? How do we as a society help those persons who struggle to survive to find a beginning? Does the progress of this country only remain with those who are priviledge to have a start and the rest can sink or swim or do we find a way to reach back and help them have a start? This ecomonic mobility, is it for the chosen few?