“For most Black people there is still poverty and desperation. The Ghettos still exist, and the proportion of Blacks in prison is still much greater than Whites. Today, there is less overt racism, but the economic injustices create an "institutional racism" which exists even while more Blacks are in high places, such as Condoleeza Rice in Bush's Administration and Obama running for President.” PeopleStillsRunningTodayBlackPresidentPovertyGreaterEconomicRacismPrisonInjusticeAdministrationProportionBlack PeopleDesperationRiceGhettoHigh PlacesInstitutional RacismEconomic Injustice Author:Howard Zinn
“The episcopal church was destined, inevitably, to grow further and further away from the Christian teaching of poverty and denial of worldly goods. It became more like an additional arm of secular administration.” ChristianGrowsChurchPovertyTeachingArmsAdministrationDenialGoodsSecularWorldlyDestinedChristian Teaching Author:Judith Herrin
“President Lyndon Johnson's administration was known for his War on Poverty. President Obama's will become notable for his War on Prosperity. We're speaking, of course, of Obama's plans to hike income taxes on the most wealthy 2 or 3 percent of the nation. He's not just raising the top rate to 39.6 percent; he's also disallowing about one-third of top earner's deductions, whether for state and local taxes, charitable contributions or mortgage interest. This is an effective hike in their taxes by an average of about 20 percent.” WarStatesCoursesNationsPresidentInterestKnownPovertyPlansTaxesPercentThirdsRateAverageProsperityIncomeLocalsAdministrationContributionWealthyPresident ObamaJohnsonNotableMortgageIncome TaxCharitableDeductionsWar On PovertyPresident Lyndon Johnson Author:Dick Morris
“This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.” WarPovertyAdministrationUnconditional LoveUnconditionalHere And NowGreat SocietyWar On PovertyDeclaring War Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The problem is neutrality ends in poverty, neutrality ends in choices that hurt people's lives. This administration is deliberately telling organizations that are there to help young girls make good choices, not to tell them what the good choice is. That is absolutely unconscionable.” PeopleEndsHelpingProblemYoungChoicesGirlHurtPovertyOrganizationAdministrationNeutralityGood Choices Author:Rick Santorum
“The Obama administration now has regulations that tells them that they can no longer promote marriage to these young girls. They can no longer promote marriage as a way of avoiding poverty and bad choices that they make in their life. They can no longer even teach abstinence education. They have to be neutral with respect to how people behave.” PeopleWayYoungChoicesGirlPovertyTeachAdministrationBehaveRegulationAvoidingAbstinenceBad Choices Author:Rick Santorum