[lit-ideas] Re: The American Poor
- From: Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 18:45:40 EDT
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_
(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_
(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, youâre paying higher prices than the rest of us, and youâre
imperiled by deceptive money traps that can bust your budget and drain your
savings."
Paycheck Poverty
IN SEARCH OF ALTERNATIVES TO PAYDAY LENDING
Payday loansâdeceptively expensive short-term cash advance loansâare
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 challengeâemploying 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 lendingâpushing 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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