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Poverty Rx: Cash Payments Are Best Way to Help Poor, Study Finds
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyHow do we end world poverty? Boy, that's a head-scratcher. It's right up there with "Does God exist?" and "What's the meaning of life?" And here's a radical answer: Give the poor some money. And don't tell them what to do with it. Sounds crazy, right? Not according to three scholars in the United Kingdom. In a new study titled "Just Give Money to the Poor," Joseph Hanlon, Armando Barrientos and David Hulme argue that giving small amounts of cash on a regular basis to poor people may actually be the most effective way to lift developing countries out of poverty. The scholars ground their ...
D.C. School Voucher Program Jeopardized by Spending Bill
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyDemocrats have included a provision in the $410 billion omnibus spending bill currently winding its way through Congress that would end the D.C. Opportunity Scholarships program. The program provides $7,500 vouchers to some 1,700 low-income families in the nation's capital that can be used to help pay the cost of tuition at private schools. The program allows thousands of D.C. kids the chance to escape the District's crowded, unsafe, and underperforming school system for a quality education. If the bill passes in its current form, those vouchers will dry up, leaving many of the recipients with ...
Utah Has a Chance for Choice
By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailyAs ABC's John Stossel writes today over at Real Clear Politics, on Tuesday, Utah goes to the polls to decide if it will become the first state with a statewide school voucher program. The teacher's unions, predictably, are not amused. The NEA has pumped $3 Million in out of state money into the fight, a huge sum in a tiny state. But the pro-choice forces have responded with a smart and aggressive campaign.This voucher proposal was carefully crafted by the legislature to counter every conceivable objection -- except that the power teachers' unions will be undermined. Not surprisingly, all of ...
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