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We need UBI now. There is no excuse for people to be living in poverty because they were born with a disability or they had an accident or illness. Canada is a wealthy nation. Why are people on disability eating pet food? In what possible reality is this just or moral? #cdnpoli
We seriously need to stop thinking that food and shelter are rewards for hard work. They are necessities of life. They should not be denied to anyone. Everyone deserve to live with dignity, and respect. How can giving people dog food to eat even be rationalized?
Provincial disability payments across Canada are shamefully low. Having a disability can be more expensive than living without one. What is the rationale for keeping these people destitute? If they cannot work, they don't deserve to live? Is that the thinking?
Poverty is the lack of financial resources to satisfy basic human needs like food, clothing and shelter. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects.
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Africa has a wealth of natural resources but unfortunately, many of the countries have a large % of their population living in extreme poverty. Some of the factors that have led to this include; bad governance & corruption, poor implementation of national policies,..
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.. poor healthcare, unfavourable balance of trade etc.
The chart above shows the African countries with the highest share of the global population living in extreme poverty. As of 2021, 12.60% of the global population living in extreme poverty were from Nigeria.
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The chart above shows the African countries with the highest share of the global population living in extreme poverty. As of 2021, 12.60% of the global population living in extreme poverty were from Nigeria.
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THREAD
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Today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
#Iran has a population of 84 million.
Two thirds live in poverty.
Over half are in absolute poverty.
20 million live in slums.
#EndPoverty
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Today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
#Iran has a population of 84 million.
Two thirds live in poverty.
Over half are in absolute poverty.
20 million live in slums.
#EndPoverty
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Remember how Obama/Biden allowed #Iran access to $150 bn in credit & $1.8 bn in cash?
Much of that money fueled terrorism.
Not a dime was spent on the people; many are literally seen searching in trash for something to sell or even eat.
#EndPoverty
Remember how Obama/Biden allowed #Iran access to $150 bn in credit & $1.8 bn in cash?
Much of that money fueled terrorism.
Not a dime was spent on the people; many are literally seen searching in trash for something to sell or even eat.
#EndPoverty
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#Iran has the world's 2nd largest natural gas & 4th largest crude oil reserves.
Obama/Biden provided this regime access to $150 billion in credit & $1.8 billion in unmarked cash.
And yet there is a shortage in cooking gas.
#EndPoverty
#Iran has the world's 2nd largest natural gas & 4th largest crude oil reserves.
Obama/Biden provided this regime access to $150 billion in credit & $1.8 billion in unmarked cash.
And yet there is a shortage in cooking gas.
#EndPoverty
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This section is called: Ending Poverty Only one party has a specific plan for ending the scourge of poverty for poor and #WorkingAmericans..the other has a loyalty oath to a corrupt billionaire 1/9
In the wealthiest country on earth, it is a moral abomination that any child could ever go to bed hungry. 2/9 #DemPartyPlatform #EndPoverty #HungerInAmerica
#Democrats will increase funding for food assistance programs, including #SNAP, #WIC, and school meals. We will also remove barriers that keep the formerly incarcerated from accessing food assistance.3/9 #DemPartyPlatform
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This section is called: Ending Poverty Only one party has a specific plan for ending the scourge of poverty for poor and #WorkingAmericans..the other has a loyalty oath to a corrupt billionaire 1/16
#Democrats remain committed to ending poverty and enabling all Americans to live up to their God-given potential. 2/10 #DemPartyPlatform #EndPoverty
#Democrats recognize that the official poverty rate, as measured &communicated by the federal gov, fails to capture critical needs like housing,education,health care,transportation,energy &other necessities,therefore understates the true share of Americans living in poverty. 3/10
1/ Will you join me for a thread of reflection as I head to Philadelphia on Amtrak to speak about a progressive vision for the future at #NetrootsNation? #NN19
The governing agenda of our nation ought to be:
#EndPoverty
Here’s why #EndPoverty is also an organizing vision...
The governing agenda of our nation ought to be:
#EndPoverty
Here’s why #EndPoverty is also an organizing vision...
2/ #EndPoverty means:
Poverty as it's experienced by the nearly 8 out of 10 Americans who live paycheck to paycheck, who are one "shit happens" life experience away from ruin
Poverty as it's experienced by the nearly 8 out of 10 Americans who live paycheck to paycheck, who are one "shit happens" life experience away from ruin
3/ Poverty happens because wages are too low & life's basic needs like health care are too expensive. Therefore, #EndPoverty, means a living wage of $20 per hour as a federal minimum wage, a big expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and... #MedicareForAll #EndPoverty
1/ Moments ago at the CA Democratic Party state convention, I announced that I will not run for President of the United States in 2020. I gave the question a lot of consideration because I believe our next President must make Ending Poverty the governing agenda of our nation.
2/ As I’ve traveled our country, I’ve been moved by the number of Americans — and single moms — who are hurting just like my mom hurt when she was raising me by herself and when, even though she worked as hard as a mom could work, we lost our home to foreclosure.
3/ Somewhere along the way, we gave up the question of poverty to the statisticians and their arbitrary poverty line. But when nearly 8 out of 10 Americans live paycheck to paycheck, the middle class is dead. We have a Poverty Crisis. Yet how rarely do you hear the word Poverty?
