This plea is, in essence, a call to recognize and emphasize the strand of centralized, bipartisan
antipoverty policymaking that has continued in the shadows of more prominent deliberations, most of them decentralized and experimental, about grand solutions.
I am reassured that my concerns are understood and that the Government remains committed to its
antipoverty agenda."
At that time, Mitchell, an
antipoverty advocate for the mayor, was known as the "link between the militant civil rights groups and the city administration," reported The Baltimore Sun.
As one
antipoverty activist put it, "How society treats its workers says much about our values and priorities."
To break the cycle, we need an
antipoverty superfund.
More sly and illegal behavior came to light when one of Fox's former allies, Arnulfo Montes Cuen, accused Fox of diverting government money from
antipoverty programs to Calderon's campaign coffers.
The NCW recommends that the federal government work to develop a national, comprehensive
antipoverty strategy.
The rocker and
antipoverty campaigner will talk about his less publicised media work, which contributed to his estimated pounds 35 million fortune.
A more effective
antipoverty policy is the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a refundable tax credit that reduces or eliminates the taxes paid by low-wage workers.
From that perspective, Wal-Mart has been one of the most successful
antipoverty programs in America.
Between November 1964 and June 1969, Congress allotted nearly $7 billion to
antipoverty programs.
Yet the largest financier of
antipoverty programs for the developing world continues to ignore its own 2003 report.