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Preventing Poverty
What can be done to prevent poverty?
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Poverty and Welfare Politics and Policy in U.S.
Poverty and Welfare Politics and Policy in U.S.☜This is a project of the students of POLS 275 at Western Illinois University.Faculty sponsor: Sharon Chanley, Ph.D.☜F1CEB7
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Preventing Poverty☜What can be done to prevent poverty? ☜FFB597
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Effective ways of preventing poverty?
Effective ways of preventing poverty?☜What are effective ways of preventing poverty?Get rid of the notion that being poor is a way of life; The culture of poverty- involves not just a low income but also attitudes of indifference along with lack of incentives and of self-respect. (Dinitto p.80)☜FFB597
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How does environment and upbringing effect future economic status?
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What does a household need to earn to avoid poverty?
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Who gets counted as unemployed?
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Why dosn't the goverment write policy to prevent poverty?
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Lack of high school predicts likely poverty
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Education
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