Leigh Graham

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  Leigh commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  Saying Goodbye and Thanks!

  Thanks Jan and Matt!

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  Leigh commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  Haiti Rocked By Massive Earthquake

  People should also consider donating to:

  
  

  Haiti Emergency Relief Fund: http://www.haitiaction.net/About/HERF/HERF.html

  
  

  Partners in Health: http://www.pih.org/inforesources/news/Haiti_Earthquake.html

  
  

  Helping Hands Bring Sunshine: http://www.helpinghandsbringsunshine.org/

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  Leigh commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  Whatever You Call Them, They're Still Poor

  I also think she has a point about labeling, stereotyping and impacts on identity and as a result, life chances, but "at hope" is just needlessly American positive thinking nonsense.

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  Leigh commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  Whatever You Call Them, They're Still Poor

  I appreciate her good intentions but I tend to agree with you, that plain speaking about living in poverty and being "poor" is preferable. "Low-income" as well. However, I also really like the European term "social exclusion", which goes a lot further than our terminology to describe all the hardship and challenges of poverty beyond mere economic deprivation, which is what American terminology captures.

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  Leigh signed the petition | over 2 years ago

  Don't Let the Final Health Care Bill Take Away Abortion Coverage
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  Leigh commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  How to Create Jobs in Five (Sort of Easy) Steps

  Charlie, you know I have no beef with you. Efficiency has its limits, and I don't think we're in any jeopardy of having mainly public sector employment. There's also a lot to be said that having the government deliver certain services is a lot more efficient and fair than contracting out as much as the Bush Administration did. But there's a time and a place for the government to step in and stimulate the economy, and that is during market failures, which is what this recession is demonstrating.

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  Leigh signed the petition | over 2 years ago

  House Fire Deaths Sign of Poverty/Homelessness
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  Leigh commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  How to Create Jobs in Five (Sort of Easy) Steps

  A reminder about reading comprehension: #4 (and #2) = public sector jobs; the rest, incl. #2, provide PRIVATE SECTOR jobs.

  
  

  I know, it's difficult to parse out, such actions like "Providing a job-creation tax credit for employers to encourage hiring over the next two years."

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  Leigh commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  How to Create Jobs in Five (Sort of Easy) Steps

  No more government: No more highways for you. No more public schools for your kids or the area kids. No more cops. No more parks. No more mortgage deduction. No more grants for higher education. No more trains or buses. No more airports. No more armed forces. No more Medicare. No more VA hospitals. No more libraries.

  
  

  All private sector? Privatized roads - I hope you have access to them; I hope you can afford the housing in the neighborhoods at the end of the privatized road. I hope you get healthcare from someone in your old age. I'm sure you'll look forward to Blackwater guarding your home, or guarding your neighbor's home to keep you out. I hope Blackwater does a great job at policing our borders, or maybe those Militia folks down in the Southwest can expand. I hope you have a car. I hope Amazon & B&N owned libraries let us take books out for free. I hope they still let the indigent go inside to get warm.

  
  

  You're right; societies have really flourished successfully over the millenia without governments. Another brilliant comment from the proletariat.

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  Leigh commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  How to Create Jobs in Five (Sort of Easy) Steps

  It's amazing that you've been employed for 30 years yet think the other guy is doing a better job.