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Thursday, June 30, 2005
Perceptions of the poor are
often rooted in stereotypes
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think that it’s the responsi
bility of the
federal, state
and county
government to
help people in
need”
Cuii’ently, it
is. Federal,
state and
county gov
ernment beai*
most of the expense for assis
tance programs such as
Medicaid, Work First, and
food stamps. Mecklenbui^ is
expected to spend $56.6 mil
lion for fiscal year 2005-2006.
But, the federal govern
ment will be spending a lot
more. During fiscal year
2004-2005,only 10 percent of
total fidudaiy funds to the
county Department of Social
Services came fi*om
Mecklenbm^ taxpayers, 25
peixent is supplied by the
state, 64.5percentbythe fed
eral government, and 0.5
peixent fix>ni other sources.
Mai’garet Sinuns PhD, vice
president of governance and
economic analysis at the
Joint Center for Political and
Economic Studies, the
nation’s lai^st black think
tank, says federal involve
ment is needed.
“If the private sector takes
the lead or faith based insti
tutions, then government
should find a way to previde
incentives because society as
a whole would benefit,” she
said.
Representatives fix)m non
profit oi’ganizations fike the
Urban League of Central
Caix)lLnas say federal assis
tance is a necessity, especial
ly after the 9/11 attacks left
America in a recession in
2001. “This is no time for the
.government’s programs to be
entrenched. We all have a
stake in making sure people
have opportunities for
upwai'd mobihty, said
Madine Fails, the Urban
League’s president and CEO.
Fails
“I think the government
should truly be a leader in
assisting the
have nots in'
breaking the
cyde of pover
ty It should be
top priority in
list of to-do’s,”
said Sheila
Funderburke,
the Urban
League’s vice
president of workforce devel
opment.
Zeigler aigues that the gov
ernment’s welfare syst^n cre
ates a cycle of poverty ‘Whai
civil society is providing assis
tance, it’s short term tailored
assistance until people get
back on thdr feet and into the
job market,” she said, adding
that people feel more account
ability to community oigani-
zations.
‘'W^th the government peo
ple begin to feel entitled, some
people also don’t feel bad
milking the system because
it’s a faceless entity and they
don’t see it sis this is their
neighbor or their community”
she said. ‘When you provide
the option of long-tenn assis
tance, then you’ve created a
preblem because you might
have someone who will choose
that option and you a'eate
dependency not only for them
but for theh families. You
begin to see people who are
ti'apped in a cycle of depen
dency because the assistance
is faceless.”
Public opinion and political
pressure for welfai’e I'efonn
occurred in 1996 under for
mer president Bill Clinton’s
administration. Aid to
Families with Dependent
Children was replaced by
Ifemporary Aid to Needy
Families
“There were fights about it
and when it passed, it
decreased benefits for low
income people and increased
responsibility for woni^ who
had to decide if they’re receiv
ing TANF benefits,” said
Marcia Shobe PhD, professor
for the department of social
work at UNC Charlotte. ‘It
set five-year time limits for
welfare in a lifetime, so if you
hit that clock, you would
never get public assistance
again.”
A Children’s Defense Fund
report says that change pro
duced devastating conse
quences for women and chil
dren. “The number of jobless
women with children not
receiving welfare rose by
188,000 in one year, leaving a
recoixl thi’ee quarters of all
single mothers without public
assistance and causing a sud
den surge in extreme child
poverty,” the report states.
'Ibday the politics remain
divided, but what remains
clear is in the war on poverty
women and childr'^ are the
main victims and every tax
payer is paying the price. The
bottom line, as Republican
Mecklenburg commissioner
Bill James said:
“Poverty is a societal prob
lem, so we all have to share
the pain.”
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Local 7-Day Forecast
Thursday
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A stray
thunderstorm
Thu. night
Partly cloudy.
Friday
An afternoon
thunderstorm.
92/70
Saturday
♦-
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Sunday
Chance for a
thunderstorm.
88/68
Monday
A p.m. l*
storm
possible.
88/68
Tuesday
Cloudy with
rain possible.
83/65
Wednesday
Mainly
cloudy.
85/64
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Boston
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nation will be near normal as a
relatively east-to-wesl jet stream
dominates through the forecast
period. However, a slight bulge in the
Jet stream in the East along with
drier, more sunny conditions than
normal will lead to rather warm
temperatures from East Texas up
through New England. Wet. unsettled
weather will persist in the northern
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Berlin
72
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82
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75
56
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Thu., June 30 ....6:12 a.m.
Fri., Jufy1 6:12 a.m.
S^., July 2 6;13 a.m-
Sun.. Juty3 6:13 a.m.
Mon., July 4 6:14 a.m.
Tue., JulyS 6:14 a.m.
Wed., Jufy 6 6:15 a.m.
Suneef^
8:42 p.m.
8:42 pm.
8:42 p.m.
8:42 p.m.
8:42 p.m.
8:41 p.m.
8:41 p.m.
Moonrise Moonset
Thu., June 30 ...,1:58 a.m, 3:34 p.m.
Fri., July 1 2:26 a.m. 4:38 p.m.
Sat.. Jiity 2 2:58 a.m. 5:41 p.m.
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CHARLOHE
A New Experience
Bishop Eddie L. Long
Presiding Bishop
Terrell L Murphy
Senior Pastor
Thank You City of Cklotte W
Thank You (Ttj’ of (’hariotte for your continued support of New Birth-C’harlotte. Twenty seVen months
ago. we entered lliis coninumiiy to pariner with churcltes llial were already planted in lliis cily. Our desire
hits been to unite with them for the purpose of advancing the Kingdom of God. The ovciwhelming
response of the people in Uiis eommunity (3,000 members in 27 monthi) hits provided a foundation by
which this purpose can be folfilled. For the pist twenty seven months, we held worship services at North
Mecklenburg High School in Huniersville. Due lo (he rapid growth, we have temporarily moved to a new
location imlil the completion ofour new facility in 2006 (to be located olTHighway 73 in Huniersville).
As a result of this transition, wc cim better accommodate current imd future pwfli, be more effective in
mini.strv, and better serve the Metropolitan ('hariotte area.
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