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What If Everything You Know About Poverty Is Wrong?

• refurb 12y ago
  This article really stretches the idea that myths are "busted". 1. Absent dads are the problem. Sixty percent of low-income dads see at least one of their children daily. Seeing one of your children at least once a day doesn't prove you aren't an absent father. 2. Single moms are the problem. Only 9 percent of low-income, urban moms have been single throughout their child's first five years. Just because you weren't single during some small part of your child's first 5 years doesn't mean you're not a "single mom". 3. Handouts are bankrupting us. In 2012, total welfare funding was 0.47 percent of the federal budget. Welfare is paid for at the state-level generally. Of course it doesn't make up much of the federal budget. Yikes!
  • Randgalt 12y ago
    What do you expect from Mother Jones.
  • bavcyc 12y ago
    Regarding #3, do you have a source for that? I believe the programs are administrated by the states, but I think the funds are from the national government. Not sure if this link is accurate or inaccurate: http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/federalbenefitprograms/a/Federal-Funding-For-Child-Welfare.htm http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/federalbenefitprograms/a/Feder...