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Million Dollar Murray: Why problems like homelessness may be easier to solve than to manage
February 13, 2006 Dept. of Social Services Why problems like homelessness may be easier to solve than to manage. ….Johns and O’Bryan realized that if you totted up all his hospital bills for the ten years that he had been on the streets—as well as substance-abuse-treatment costs, doctors’ fees, and other expenses—Murray Barr probably ran …
In America, $11,000 a Year Is Not Poor
Besides being generally outraged that our country is failing to provide for so many of our citizens, let’s examine the real absurdity: The poverty line is $10,830. A year. For a family of four, the poverty line is $22,050, which is even worse. The idea that, statistically, we are comfortable calling someone making less than …
