Annie
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IControlThePast said:There are quite a few here who think that only degenerates and lazy people are on welfare. They are walls against implementing social programs.
Based on upward mobility. http://economist.com/world/na/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3518560
She basically ate very little because she couldn't afford it, which created an iron deficiency and her anemica, but she turned out all right in the end. I don't think a person with only street smarts could have done that in her place. She is an exceptional person, and that is why she succeeded.
Most people aren't drug dealers. Applying for a scholarship is not a risk, you don't lose anything for not recieving it. Going to college without the scholarships and no accounted way to pay for some of it is a risk. Taking student loans and the like are a risk. Most people don't take the delayed gratification risk of just plain college either. You're my source on that one :tng:.
Let's start with the EPI homepage, so we all know what we are talking about:
http://www.epinet.org/
Unemployment rate and long-term unemployment continue to diverge
The unemployment rate and long-term unemployment (i.e., the share of those unemployed for more than six months) have historically run parallel courses. But in this recovery, the relatively low unemployment rate hasn't been matched by declines in long-term unemployment, which is about 60% higher than the norm. Get the facts at a glance in this week's Snapshot.
The frivolous case for tort law reform
Tort litigation has been blamed for a host of ills: driving liability insurance premiums to excessive levels, reducing real wages and overall employment, undermining corporate profits, dampening productivity growth, and discouraging research and development. But macroeconomic trends since the early 1990s are especially inconsistent with the argument that supposedly high and rapidly rising tort costs have inflicted serious harm on the economy. Yet the legal system's critics continue to argue that there is a tort liability "crisis" that warrants changing the system. To get a clear understanding of why changing the tort system will have little effect on the economy and might even hurt job creation rather than help it, read EPI's Briefing Paper, The Frivolous Case for Tort Law Reform.
The trouble with telecommunications policy
While cell phones, high-speed Internet access, interactive cable, and satellite TV services have become commonplace features of the new century, telecommunications policy remains an antiquated remnant of the old one. The unintended consequence of these federal and state policies is to support the worst employers with favorable tax and regulatory treatment, while greatly disadvantaging good employers and their workers and unions. EPI's new book, Racing to the Bottom, explains why the FCC and Congress need to re-examine current telecommunications policy and create a level playing field to encourage competition across the growing number of traditional and innovative access technologies that make up U.S. telecommunications.
Productivity growth and Social Security's future
In the White House's rush to dismantle and privatize Social Security, one important factor frequently gets overlooked in discussions regarding the program's future feasibility: the effect of future productivity growth. For a clear-headed analysis, read the Issue Brief, Productivity Growth and Social Security's Future.
Strong, broad-based job growth surpasses expectations
In contrast to the recent spate of disappointing reports on the economy, last month's job market performance was surprisingly upbeat. But the real question is which of the recent months' labor market performances represent the real underlying trend in job growth? Get the facts at a glance in this month's Jobs Picture.
Uptick in jobs not reaching young college graduates
Although payrolls increased by 274,000 jobs in April, the labor market remains tough for today's young college graduates. It has been 20 years since young college graduates have experienced employment rates as low as those in 2003 and 2004. This month's JobWatch details the employment situation of this group and analyzes the decreasing rate of employer-provided health insurance that these grads are faced with when they do find work.
Growth rate slows in first quarter of 2005
The news is not encouraging: domestic demand for U.S. production is down and labor income has yet to see much gain from the recovery, all pointing to continued weakness in future GDP growth. For a full analysis, read EPI's GDP Picture.
Shortfall in Social Security funds not inevitable
Changing economic trends have been responsible for the bulk of the financing shortfall of Social Security; the shortfall can be remedied by policy adjustments rather than a drastic overhaul of the system. Find out how in this EPI Issue Brief from economist L. Josh Bivens.
Social Security Issue Guide
Check out EPI's online Issue Guide on Social Security, a downloadable resource with fact sheets, figures, and links to other important publications on the subject of Social Security. This Issue Guide has been newly updated to reflect information about the recent debate over Social Security privatization.
Re-examining the charter school debate
Widely acknowledged past research on charter schools reported that these students were more likely to be proficient on their state's reading and math exams when compared to students in the nearest public school with a similar racial composition. But this past research citing a "charter advantage" inadequately controlled for differences in racial composition and socioeconomic status. When one directly takes into account racial composition and poverty, the perceived advantage of charter schools vanishes completely. For a more thorough analysis of this important education issue, read the Briefing Paper, Advantage NoneRe-Examining Hoxby's Finding of Charter School Benefits.
Unemployment insurance increases likelihood of health care coverage
New research presented in the issue brief, Finding the Better Fit, shows that jobseekers who receive unemployment insurance have better odds of receiving employer-sponsored health insurance coverage in their next job.
The tax gap crisis
According to the latest estimates, as much as $353 billion in taxes16% of the total owedwent unpaid in 2001. Recovery of unpaid taxes would eliminate the bulk of projected federal budget deficits over the next 10 years. EPI's Briefing Paper, Do-It-Yourself Tax Cuts, provides an overview of what a former IRS commissioner calls "the crisis in tax administration" and discusses some remedies to address this problem.
Charter schools: the evidence on enrollment and achievement
When federal statistics showed test scores lower in charter than in regular schools, some charter school supporters insisted this must result from charter schools enrolling harder-to-teach minority students. Data show, however, that typical charter school students are not more disadvantaged, yet their average achievement is not higher. EPI's book, The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the evidence on enrollment and achievement, reviews the existing research on charter schools and suggests how such debates could be improved: by carefully accounting for the difficulty of educating particular groups of students before interpreting test scores, and by focusing on student gains, not their level of achievement at any particular time.