Welfare reform. After 60 years of guaranteeing benefits to welfare recipients, the federal government wants them to go to work. Has the new policy succeeded . We are the richest, most prosperous nation on earth. Yet, in the midst of plenty, great disparities in wealth. Reducing poverty what have we done . With the help of economic analyst richard gill well investigate that question on this edition of economics u a. Im david schoumacher. There have always been people left out of the American Dream the young, the old, the ill, the untrained. And those whove just lost out in a competitive economy which has losers as well as winners. Today we take it for granted that the government has a role to play in reducing poverty and we argue only about how and how much. But before food stamps and public housing, before government aid to the elderly, what happened when the elderly faced the Great Depression . I see 1 3 of a nation illhoused, illclad, illnourished. Schoumacher the Great Depression cu
Reducing poverty what have we done . With the help of economic analyst richard gill well investigate that question on this edition of economics u a. Im david schoumacher. There have always been people left out of the American Dream the young, the old the ill, the untrained. And those whove just lost out in a competitive economy which has losers as well as winners. Today we take it for granted that the government has a role to play in reducing poverty and we argue only about how and how much. But before food stamps and Public Housing before government aid to the elderly what happened when the elderly faced the Great Depression . I see 1 3 of a nation illhoused, illclad illnourished. Schoumacher the Great Depression cut too wide and too deep for businessasusual. The depression demanded new answers to poverty. No group suffered more than the elderly. Savings accounts were wiped out, pensions were rare family resources, gone. The needs of the elderly have always carried a special urgency.
Asking about Jared Kushners personal business dealings during the president ial transition. The potential for conflict of interest is so enormous. The president appears to be lashing out at everyone but russia. We must defend our democracy. And that is not happening. Announcer this is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. All right. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is your new day. It is tuesday, february 20th, 6 00 here in new york. Heres our starting line. Survivors of the Florida School massacre are taking their fight to the states capital. Busloads of kids are heading to tallahassee today to demand a change to gun control laws. In washington, dozens of the teens demonstrating. 17 of them. Of course, thats the number of lives lost in that shooting, they laid on the ground in silence symbolizing those lives in that attack. It comes as the white house signals that President Trump is open to improving the nations background checks for gun b
On nato allies ahead of his highstakes summit in brussels next week. With that good morning, hope youre having a wonderful Independence Day. Im leland vit art in americas newsroom. Im molly line in for sandra smith. President trump saying its time to pay their fair share for defense spending and that some nato countries havent lived up to their commitments but some leaders are pushing back. This is a week ahead of the annual nato summit where the leaders of nato countries, including the president of the United States, get together in brussels. There has been questions about the United States commitment to nato especially since the Trump Administration took over and the president has been outwardly critical of the nato countries failing to meet their defense spending targets. Its long been a criticism of the United States. Long complaining about european over reliance on American Defense and reluctance to spend its own defense spending money on 2014 nato countries agreed to spending 2 o
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