Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008

Barack Obama on Welfare & Poverty

• Still denying decent wages, good benefits, & fair treatment. (Jul 2008)
• AdWatch: Fought for workers from college thru Senate. (Jul 2008)
• GovWatch: Welfare laws he "passed" were federally mandated. (Jul 2008)
• Cut poverty in half in 10 years, with faith-based help. (Apr 2008)
• Create 20 Promise Neighborhoods in high-poverty cities. (Feb 2008)
• 1980s: Director of the Developing Communities Project. (Oct 2007)
• Stop Fraud Act: full disclosure in subprime lending. (Sep 2007)
• Engages people of faith on all aspects of his public service. (Aug 2007)
• Saw dire poverty as a child in Indonesia. (Aug 2007)
• 1985: Launched project to give voice to disempowered. (Aug 2007)
• Ownership Society is another term for "Social Darwinism". (Aug 2007)
• Community organizer on Chicago's South Side. (Feb 2007)
• Black churches minister to social needs out of necessity. (Oct 2006)
• Welfare receipts know how to become successful but need help. (Jul 2004)
• $100M increase in IL Earned Income Tax Credit. (Jun 2004)
• Inner city problems are the painful truths. (Aug 1996)
• Exorcise the ghostly figure that haunts black dreams. (Aug 1996)
• Develop a strategy to eliminate extreme global poverty. (Dec 2007)

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