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Rattlecans
rattlecans
4 year a Austerity and the rest.Then came Osborne and IDS wi mair fuckin AusterityHauf a century of AusterityThat means getting a job is near impossible Almost HAUF a Glesga
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Abraham Gutman 🔥
abgutman
"Poverty = bullets" sounds progressive on the surface but it is not. It actually demonizes people living in poverty.Using "0.5% of population responsible for 60% of shootings," that's 7,500 people
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Max Roser
MaxCRoser
Years ago Lant Pritchett suggested an additional higher poverty line:Back then the extreme poverty line was $1.25, he suggested to add $12.50 per day.Now I want to update it:I’m suggesting
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G Peters ♿️ It's still a pandemic btw.
mssinenomine
May regret this but give me your reasons why disabled people who a science-based MD has determined are unable to maintain employment in the workforce should be forced to live
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Thin
thinink
This is a really interesting new U.N. report on #poverty by @PhilipGAlston. The thread below is definitely worth a read, but here are a few takeaways of my own, as
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Amyleigh ☕️ Black Lives Matter
AmyleighCraigg
Places to donate to because our government don’t think it’s important to feed children and help lift people out of the poverty they’ve put them in in the first place
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Nathan Tankus
NathanTankus
Poverty is not a"lack of money".This is an oversimplification which is dangerous when it comes to macroeconomic poverty response programs.Poverty is deprivation.Deprivation does come from lack of access to individual
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Ryan McCuaig
Ryan_McCuaig
When you grow up a 'deprived area', you'd be forgiven for thinking that the world is against you. Because, for a lot of people, the majority of their interactions with
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Anne Halsey
anne_halsey
Here’s another take on SMCISD raising our minimum wage to $15/hr. An estimated 31 % of people in San Marcos live below the 2021 federal poverty guideline. In San Marcos,
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anoud
3nnadi
okay guys i have some superhero commentary that literally nobody asked for. you know how every superhero movie is basically about how a villain is concerned about a legitimate issue,
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Mali
vanamalihermans
this week is the first time in my whole entire life I’ve lived from only a wage based income and not received income support from Centrelink - meaning this is
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Babz צַדִּיק
Master_Siddiq
I think a lot of these MPs don't understand poverty in Ethnic communities. Its not same as White brits who habe been here through generations and have had more opportunities
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Jays (杰森)
jaesoon
The pandemic is showing us the worst of ourselves: this is an empathy crisis.A thread No, poverty isn't a choice. Poverty is the absence of the right to choice. "Bakit
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Leila.
leila_bousbaa
For a country as wealthy as Britain, 0.7% is the very least we can offerhttps://twitter.com/labourcid/status/1331297939055124482 The UK should continue to spend at least 0.7% of national income on international aid
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Felix
FMwenge
I believe that Governments are largely responsible for ensuring fair distribution of opportunities to end poverty. But individuals should also make wise decisions. For instance, marrying a broke spouse in
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Alex Zelasi
AZelasi
Benefits shouldn't pay below the poverty line.Benefits shouldn't pay below the poverty line.Benefits shouldn't pay below the poverty line.People who are out of work or can't work shouldn't be forced
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