[lbo-talk] Bush as the lesser imperialist evil

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu May 13 13:35:24 PDT 2004


Miles Jackson wrote:


>Small? Didn't I read in LBO about a year ago that the lifetime
>risk of spending a year in poverty is about 50% for Americans?
>I know not all poor people get government aid, but this does
>imply that a relative large number of people at some point
>in their lives have relied on government assistance.

Not AFDC, though. AFDC was highly stigmatized - so much so that even many recipients had internalized a horrific self-image.

Doug



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