[lit-ideas] Re: The American Poor
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:39:19 -0700
The people I've known in that situation get a lot of their stuff from places
like the Good Will & the Salvation Army. Also, one of my sisters is in a
sort of community where people look out for each other share stuff, etc.
We've got a lot of stuff in the U.S. Lots of people are happy to give stuff
away. I've given away old computers, phones, TVs, etc. In fact I've got an
old but perfectly functional 19 inch color TV in the garage as well as two
perfectly functional VHS players. I plan to give them to the Salvation
Army.
Families just starting out that were temporarily below the poverty line but
with jobs and the prospect of moving up might get loans.
Lawrence
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In a message dated 5/25/2006 2:38:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
A nagging question: do 'own' and 'have' here mean 'fully paid for' - or
do these things really (fully or partly) belong to the banks, credit
card companies, loan agencies and other corporations that extended the
credit for their purchase?
Hi,
That is a great question.
The 2005 Kids Count database of statistics is now out--it's a great resource
to really see what the world of children is like in the United States.
http://www.kidscount.org <http://www.kidscount.org/> (The Annie E Casey
Foundation)
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/databook.jsp
They also have some other publications. Here are some other aspects of
living in the USA as a new or soon-to-be poor person -- and how it happens.
Highly recommend these for those who are part of the Heritage Foundation.
Wonder if they are part of the predatory lender world (see last piece for
info on what is happening to the poor or soon-to-be-poor who 'own' their own
homes...for the moment.) or own the PayDay Loans...(though I have heard
that at least in this area the 'North of the River" bunch which historically
was part of the Mafiosi own them...and it's now legal to gauge people like
this...) Big business, though. Not quite as lucrative as the Corporate
Welfare we have going on (talk about Entitlements! Mikey only touched on
*some* of the businesses in that welfare world--wow.)
I have been reading SOS and then took a break with another title on my list
-- and it kind of matched some of this conversation. I have written several
posts -- need to clean up at least one of them one of these moments!
Maybe later. Probably by the time we've moved onto the next thread, though!
Best,
Marlena in Missouri
http://www.aecf.org/publications/advocasey/winter2005/index.htm
The Poor Pay More: Financial Drains on Low-Income Families
Double-Jeopardy: Why the Poor Pay More
"Chances are, if you live on the wrong side of the tracks or earn a modest
hourly wage, you're paying higher prices than the rest of us, and you're
imperiled by deceptive money traps that can bust your budget and drain your
savings."
Paycheck Poverty
IN SEARCH OF ALTERNATIVES TO PAYDAY LENDING
Payday loans-deceptively expensive short-term cash advance loans-are
sweeping the nation and snaring countless borrowers in a spiral of debt. Two
credit unions have stepped forward to compete with the payday lenders. How
well are they faring?
Deals on Wheels
EXPANDING AUTOMOTIVE OPPORTUNITY IN NEW ENGLAND
Throughout most of America, if you want to keep a job, you need to own a car
and keep it running. Two New England projects are helping low-income workers
meet the challenge-employing radically different approaches.
LEADING THE CHARGE AGAINST PREDATORY MORTGAGE LENDING
Begun with a bake sale in 1980, a North Carolina nonprofit is standing up
against predatory lending-pushing through needed reforms and developing
creative lending strategies to make affordable mortgages more available for
low-income homebuyers.
There are pdfs for all of those...
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