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Which states have the most Medicaid-funded births?
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Written by Monte
August 27, 2009 at 9:59 am
Posted in healthcare, Politics
Tagged with Alaska, Arkansas, childbirth, federally funded, government, Haley Barbour, health care insurance, Health insurance, healthcare, healthcare and poverty, healthcare industry, healthcare insurance, healthcare Southern states, Jim Demint, John McCain, Medicaid, Mike Huckabee, public option, Sarah Palin, Society and Culture, United States
G8 balks at fulfilling aid pledges; 10 million to die?
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Written by Monte
July 9, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Posted in Africa, human worth, hunger, Politics, Poverty, Race, Social change
Tagged with Africa, aid to Africa, Canada, Financial crisis, G8, preventable deaths, Recession, Society and Culture, starvation, Sub-Saharan Africa, Summit
Bishop of Chicago: Immigration Raids ‘Immoral’
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It’s an excellent thought. Wrenching families apart is not only cruel, but unwise, even in practical terms. Hurt people hurt people. Strengthening families is, indeed, “an important step to creating a more peaceful society.”
If we’re kind – or even just smart – minimizing trauma will be part of immigration reform.
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Written by Monte
March 27, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Posted in Immigration
Tagged with Anti-Immigration, Barack Obama, Barack Obama presidential campaign 2008, Cardinal George, Francis George, Immigration, Immigration reform, Jim Wallis, The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Catholic bishops denounce immigration raids as “anti-family”
“The humanitarian costs of these raids are immeasurable and unacceptable in a civilized society” […] “many families never recover, others never reunite.”
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Written by Monte
October 17, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Posted in Immigration, Politics, Poverty, Race, Religion, Social change
What percent of US budget goes to foreign aid?
We Americans guess, on average, that 24% of our federal budget goes to development assistance. The real number? Less than one per cent.
Despite laudable recent increases in US giving to reduce poverty, US aid as a percent of personal income is second to last among wealthy nations.
We give about 25 cents per American per day [correction:] year in foreign aid; with private giving, another dime. It’s a lot, in total, because there are a lot of us. But it’s far behind the level of sacrifice made by people in most developed nations.
Further, according to the Borgen Project:
- Less than half of aid from the United States goes to the poorest countries
- The largest recipients are strategic allies such as Egypt, Israel, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.
- Israel is the richest country to receive U.S. assistance ($77 per Israeli compared to $3 per person in poor countries).
But look what can be done:
- The U.S. was the largest single donor in a global campaign that eradicated smallpox from the world by 1977.
- The U.S. provided funding for a program to prevent river blindness in West Africa. As a result of these efforts, 18 million children now living in the program’s region are free from the risk of river blindness.
(Center for Global Development)
We can do better, at home and abroad.
Borgen cites the cost of two B-2 bombers ($4.4 billion) compared with the the annual budget for the World Food Program (largest relief agency in the world) which assists 104 million starving and malnourished people in 81 countries. Its budget? $3.2 billion.
Why not change it? We can, you know. Once we separate the illusions from the facts.
Tags: foreign, policy, aid, poverty, hunger, US, budget, assistance, Monte Asbury
Written by Monte
September 29, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Posted in Politics, Poverty, Social change