According to “In D. C., poverty elicits a shrug”:
“Deborah Weinstein, a longtime advocate for the poor, calls the news that one in seven Americans is living in poverty ‘a national emergency.’ ”
According to Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., “For most elected officials, there is nothing politically in talking about the poor. In fact, they don’t vote very well and they are not very participatory in political life. Politicians tend to talk to people who get involved.”
WATCHDOG: Donations are diminishing for many worthy organizations, not only because their former benefactors are not earning as much as in the past, but because many contributors feel that charity must be re-directed during these difficult times to the hungry and the homeless.
If they don’t, no one else will.
