BY FROMA HARROP The “poverty issue” opens a vast highway system of social and economic observations headed in every direction. Some say poverty is a national disgrace. Some say it’s the poor people’s own fault. Some say the government must end it through bigger subsidies and more services for the poor – others by reducing that help and instead expanding economic opportunity. The most interesting battle rages over the very definition of poverty in this […]
To access this content, you must log in or purchase PRINT ONLY - The Oklahoma Observer Print Edition, DIGITAL ONLY - The Oklahoma Observer on-line or TOTAL ACCESS - The Oklahoma Observer on-line and in print
