WORTHY or UNWORTHY? (Is that really the question?) ... And we rather readily accept that scapegoat -- the unworthy poor -- for a couple of reasons. We tend to find only what we look for when we examine life. Our stinginess with regard to either charity or "voluntary" taxation which gives assistance to the poor may make...
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www.poorhousestory.com/worthy_or_unworthy.htm
www.poorhousestory.com/worthy_or_unworthy.htm
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This brought my mind directly to something I learned in my social policy class this semester (Oh Mr. Arp would be proud!), it is the idea of "worthy vs. unworthy" poor.
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mssocialwelfare.blogspot.com/2008/12/worthy-vs-unworthy...
mssocialwelfare.blogspot.com/2008/12/worthy-vs-unworthy.html
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Could it be that the people who must use the streets everyday, those who vote, have discerned that many of the "homeless" people who inhabit the city's streets are really members of the group once classified as the "unworthy poor?" ... "A very small minority of men" who inhabited the sandlots, "[were] worthy of help," he said.
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www.sanfranciscohomicide.com/Stories/worthy_poor.htm
www.sanfranciscohomicide.com/Stories/worthy_poor.htm
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At what point are we as a people going to overcome the Victorian concept of “worthy” versus “unworthy” poor”? Or that poverty is a sickness?* Soon enough I suspect. If what I saw at the soup kitchen last night (and our “economy”) is any indication, we are in for a serious reckoning.
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www.newyorkshitty.com/?p=8967
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Residual Versus Institutional Approaches to Policy-Making ... Universal Versus Selective Provision of Services ... Social Responsibility for Care of the Poor and Those in Need...
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www.ecampus.com/book/0875814115
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Next Up; The Human Side of Heinrich Himmler. ... Documentary peeks at Fidel Castro’s human side ... A longtime island resident married to a Cuban, Bravo made the 91-minute-long, sympathetic documentary “Fidel: The Untold Story” in 2001. For that film, she interviewed Hollywood stars, American authors and political...
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www.poorschmuck.net/
www.poorschmuck.net/
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In effect, this creates a category of worthy versus unworthy debtors. Since the logic is strikingly similar to the 17th-century distinction between the worthy and unworthy poor, perhaps the DoJ might want to think about resurrecting debtor's prisons.
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www.alternet.org/katrina/27070/
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2. As with previous Republican candidates, McCain did better among the rich than the poor: ... [...] Crunching Election Numbers: Andrew Gelman of the Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State blog looks at some of the numbers from the 2008 election. “The red/blue map was not redrawn; it was more of a national...
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redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/11/election-2008-what-rea...
redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/11/election-2008-what-really-happened/
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Blog about saving money on designer duds ... It's usually this time of year when I rush home & look forward to put on my comfort-wear. Wearing boots all day or tons of layers always leaves me jonesing for soft and cozy comfort-wear. ... You won't have to give up style for comfort with these luxe basics. These babies are...
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www.divasdiepoor.com/
www.divasdiepoor.com/
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