#pov

We have common enemies today. It's called childhood poverty. It's called cancer. It's called AIDS. It's called Parkinson's. It's called Muscular Dystrophy. ↗

— Jerry Doyle

#called #cancer #childhood #common #muscular

Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#behavioral #biological #children #dads #did

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#better #child #committed #countries #demand

And sometimes people don't realize that 90 percent of the persistent poverty counties are located in rural America. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#counties #located #people #percent #persistent

If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#also #become #birth #bonding #break

Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#country #crime #direct #educated #effect

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty. ↗

— Henry Ford

#capital punishment #charity #crime #cure #fundamentally

Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#australia #cut #immigration #poverty #sentencing

Although they are some of the hardest working folks I know, rural Americans earn, on average, $11,000 less than their urban counterparts each year. And they are more likely to live in poverty. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#average #counterparts #each #earn #folks

You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way. ↗

— Tom Waits

#almost #any #constant #constant state #create