#26: The Working Poor

In this episode Bob and Mark revisit poverty.  Many on the left have transformed the poor into the most sacrosanct segment of our society.  Any honest criticism of the poor is dismissed with a wave of the "blaming the victim" rhetorical wand.  They discuss the case of Brenda Kelly, just one of the many props that leftists trot in order to garner support for their anti-poverty programs.  Bob and Mark refuse to be cowed by the "blame the victim" tactic and point out that the true "solution" is the re-introduction of personal responsibility.  Most importantly, Bob and Mark announce that the show will be going live starting March 4, 2007 at 8:30pm EST.  If you're interested in participating, email them at

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Links

Brenda's Newspaper article (make sure you follow the multi-media link)
http://v2.charleston.net/assets/webPages/departmental/news/default_pf.aspx?NEWSID=130028

Dayton Daily News Article about Food Stamps
{subscriber only, article not really all that interesting}

Other links of interest:

Profile of the Working Poor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2003.pdf

Wikipedia article about the Working Poor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_poor

A side-discussion about economic exploitation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation

Point counter-point with Business Week and Thomas Sowell
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_22/b3885001_mz001.htm
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell060104.asp

Government links discussing measuring poverty                   
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/07poverty.shtml
http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/povdef.html
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/05fedreg.htm
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/faq.shtml#differences
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/threshld/thresh04.html

Link to the liveshow feed.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/TheHippieKillers