The 10 most talked about news stories of the year but 1st homelessness in the usa how our tax dollars are literally paying to dispose of the most vulnerable americans. Cook in washington this is the big picture on our t. V. America. Thousands of homeless families who used to live in new york city shelters have moved elsewhere their move funded by a new York City Program called sotto meaning special one time assistance the soda Program Provides one years full rent up front to move within new york city to other new york state county is or to another state or puerto rico or washington d. C. See so to it can be accessed by working individuals and families and those who receive s. S. I. S. S. D. Etc as long as there is the future ability to make rent payments based on the households rent not exceeding 50 percent of the households income but what if they cant pay their own rent after that 1st year the mayor of nearby newark new jersey says the soto program is already failing those so 2. 00 m
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The primaries yet what do those numbers tell you about the state of our federal election spending over support groups its more about what it says about the state of politics what its what benjamin demat called junk politics if you look closely at how this money is spent it is not about the dissemination of ideas its about the dissemination of emotions about manufactured political personalities. About making people confuse knowledge with how they are made to feel and i think whats so interesting about the 2016 election is that trump for all of his deficiencies is a least good at that Reality Television show in a way that jeb bush or Hillary Clinton is not. And so it is about conforming to a particular model that is anti political anti thought and and really corrosive to. Politics itself and it affects the media so c. N. N. Wheres this money going its going to Networks Like c. N. N. Who perpetuate the. Kind of moral and intellectual deterioration masquerading as politics because they tur
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Supreme on our cable news airwaves and social media news feeds the trumpet ministration tighten the federal rules regarding work requirements for millions of americans currently on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or snap this move effectively leaves an estimated 688000 jobless souls living in the United States without access to discounted or free food also the u. S. Department of agriculture can save the government 5500000000 dollars over 5 years or roughly a little over a 1000000000. 00 a year meanwhile the business of politics my friends is booming the wall street journal is reporting that spending on political advertisements is projected to hit a new high in 2020 surging 3600000000 above the most recent president ial Campaign Year and how high you ask 9900000000 according to group the Worlds Largest Advertising Media company so a close to 7 100000. 00 americans will soon be without Food Assistance just to save the federal government a buck or 2 Political Parties and their