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Cash cuts increase child abuse
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
July 7, 2010
… the single best predictor of child abuse is poverty. Children raised in families with annual incomes of less than $15,000 are 22 times more likely to be abused. One in five American children, more than 14 million, live in poverty… If the most prosperous country in the world can afford to fight two wars, battle terrorism in far-off lands and bail out Wall Street by the billions, why can’t it offer its most vulnerable and voiceless citizens anything but bureaucratic red tape? Children are the only investment with guaranteed dividends. Our refusal to make our children’s well-being a priority foreshadows a terrifying future…
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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