Henneberger on Poverty & Both Parties' Policy Impoverishment | National Catholic Reporter

Henneberger on Poverty & Both Parties' Policy Impoverishment | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: The Democrats have no new ideas (aside from proving and expanding healthcare - oops!) because they have been fighting a holding action against the Republicans.  If you wish to look for new ideas, look outside the two major parties - which have calcified.  This space contains much in the way of new ideas to fight poverty - including increased subsidies (and pay for individuals) to seek as much education as they can - from basic literacy to votech and college and much higher income for families through a $1000 a month per child tax credit paged with wages or education stipends (and, of course, healthcare on the policy of the education provider as an employee - with the government fully subsidizing the cost).