PA behind other states in anti-poverty legislation
With the number of U.S. children in poverty increasing, many states are forming commissions and task forces to reduce the ranks of the poor.
Pennsylvania is not among them.
Also, nearly two dozen states - including Delaware and New Jersey - have adopted state income-tax credits, considered by many policymakers to be the single best weapon in the antipoverty arsenal, because the credit rewards working people and raises many families above the poverty line.
Pennsylvania has not created such a credit.
“There’s silence on poverty in Pennsylvania - no serious discussion of poverty reduction at all,” said Sharon Ward, executive director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, a research group in Harrisburg.
-The Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct 15th, 2008, by Alfred Lubano
Please join the PA League to learn about what you can ask your elected officials (at all levels of government) to do about poverty and the economic struggle!
Poverty/Economy Issues Forum
Oct 23rd, 6pm-8pm
Kiva Han (Craig & Forbes, 15213)
presentation followed by panel discussion and Q&A