<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - low-income</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/low-income</link><description>Newsvine - low-income</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 7 Apr 2013 14:27:14 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:13:22 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Obama tax increase hits seniors and low-income taxpayers - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama 's plan to change the way the government measures inflation would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low-income families.
If it's adopted across the government, the Congressional Budg&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17640834-obama-tax-increase-hits-seniors-and-low-income-taxpayers-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17640834-obama-tax-increase-hits-seniors-and-low-income-taxpayers-yahoo-news</guid><category>tax</category><category>elderly</category><category>politics</category><category>seniors</category><category>inflation</category><category>low-income</category><category>social-security</category><category>obama</category><category>poor</category><category>increase</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Apr 2013 14:26:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleD359A672-24D5-BED6-6F34-E3D1EC84B8C0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleD359A672-24D5-BED6-6F34-E3D1EC84B8C0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>you can do well and you can do good...</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nightly News                 &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;April 02, 2013
Pierce:&nbsp; &lsquo;You can do well and do good&rsquo;
Actor Wendell Pierce explains why he  launched a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in underserved  New Orleans neighborhoods.
It's been a lon&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[American Dreams]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[American Dreams]]></source><link>http://dreambig.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17573918-you-can-do-well-and-you-can-do-good</link><guid>http://dreambig.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17573918-you-can-do-well-and-you-can-do-good</guid><category>business</category><category>food</category><category>obesity</category><category>poverty</category><category>low-income</category><category>diabetes</category><category>healthy</category><category>eating</category><category>depression</category><category>hope</category><category>role-model</category><category>high-blood-pressure</category><category>high-cholesterol</category><category>food-desert</category><category>non-policital</category><category>wendell-pieerc</category><category>low-confidences</category><category>poor-self-image</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 22:54:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dreambig209C5896-7D0C-4AD1-80FB-11A74ECB5619.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="224" width="298" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dreambig209C5896-7D0C-4AD1-80FB-11A74ECB5619.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Katrina vanden Heuvel: Lack of paid sick leave is unhealthy for America</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ian Rizzio was a 24-year-old mechanical engineering student in  Portland, Oregon, managing a sandwich shop to pay his tuition. One day,  he woke up sick, but went to work anyway, as he later testified to  the Portland City Council. After vomiting in the bathroom, Rizzio spent  tw&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17570098-katrina-vanden-heuvel-lack-of-paid-sick-leave-is-unhealthy-for-america</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17570098-katrina-vanden-heuvel-lack-of-paid-sick-leave-is-unhealthy-for-america</guid><category>politics</category><category>low-income</category><category>paid-sick-leave</category><category>black-workers</category><category>latino-workers</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 15:17:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatB1F4E69A-CC30-43E8-D833-513F81753EAB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="197" width="296" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatB1F4E69A-CC30-43E8-D833-513F81753EAB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Benefit cuts: how the language of welfare poisoned our social security </title>
<description><![CDATA[
"April is the cruellest month": how true TS Eliot's words will ring for millions of low-income working age people reliant on benefits and tax credits as they face a raft of cuts this cold April. Cruel, too, has been the language of "strivers" v "skivers", which has framed much &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17566947-benefit-cuts-how-the-language-of-welfare-poisoned-our-social-security</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17566947-benefit-cuts-how-the-language-of-welfare-poisoned-our-social-security</guid><category>low-income</category><category>social-security</category><category>margaret-thatcher</category><category>world-news</category><category>parliament</category><category>tax-credits</category><category>t-s-eliot</category><category>benefit-cuts</category><category>welfare-dependency</category><category>welfare-to-work</category><category>u-s-s</category><category>working-age-people</category><category>child-poverty-action-group</category><category>welfare-rights</category><category>poor-relief</category><category>strivers-v-skivers</category><category>shift-in-language</category><category>pension-age</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 10:53:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah4CE4F901-03E4-F354-BF19-D76532B7CE39.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah4CE4F901-03E4-F354-BF19-D76532B7CE39.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Whatever Happened to Free Obamacare?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The IRS&nbsp;issued&nbsp;regulations last week announcing that the cheapest insurance plan under Obamacare will cost a family of five $20,000 per year by 2016. That estimate is based on choosing the plan offering the least benefits, the bronze plan. Government employees with th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16840368-whatever-happened-to-free-obamacare</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16840368-whatever-happened-to-free-obamacare</guid><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>costs</category><category>low-income</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>premiums</category><category>obamacare</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 19:12:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Equal Opportunity Employer's Are Refusing To Take Resume's And Application's At Their Office's.</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;I am angry about equal opportunity employer's refusing to take applications for employment at their offices while adds are being displayed on the internet for work. This seems very insignificant to some, But could be a huge factor in employment process, If the employment pr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Crowley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patrick Crowley]]></source><link>http://patpending2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/01/15596600-equal-opportunity-employers-are-refusing-to-take-resumes-and-applications-at-their-offices</link><guid>http://patpending2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/01/15596600-equal-opportunity-employers-are-refusing-to-take-resumes-and-applications-at-their-offices</guid><category>low-income</category><category>craigslist</category><category>us-news</category><category>employment</category><category>internet-applications</category><category>equal-opportunity-employment</category><pubDate>Sat, 1 Dec 2012 15:55:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How Successful Are Colleges at Graduating Low-Income Students? - Yahoo! News</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jill K Hayes]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jill K Hayes]]></source><link>http://jill-k-hayes.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14249048-how-successful-are-colleges-at-graduating-low-income-students-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://jill-k-hayes.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14249048-how-successful-are-colleges-at-graduating-low-income-students-yahoo-news</guid><category>education</category><category>low-income</category><category>graduating</category><category>pell-grant</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2012 22:53:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jill-k-hayesECC68CFB-7EB1-FD1D-3970-097D542D7940.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jill-k-hayesECC68CFB-7EB1-FD1D-3970-097D542D7940.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Stupidest People in America</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to the attached Huffington Post article, a full one-third of low income people support Mitt Romney.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dwillie]]></source><link>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13963848-the-stupidest-people-in-america</link><guid>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13963848-the-stupidest-people-in-america</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>low-income</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>presidential-campaign</category><category>huffington-post</category><category>47</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>election-2012</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:23:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chiwillie6DF1B3FA-8BD1-021B-9D93-71FCA3D6E1A7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chiwillie6DF1B3FA-8BD1-021B-9D93-71FCA3D6E1A7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why Sneering at Public Servants Comes So Naturally to Many of America's Richest Citizens </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Last year state lawmakers in Illinois did their best to make a Chicago teacher strike impossible. They passed a new law that required at least 75 percent of the city&rsquo;s teachers to okay any walkout in advance.
How did Chicago teachers respond? In advance balloting early t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13959053-why-sneering-at-public-servants-comes-so-naturally-to-many-of-americas-richest-citizens</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13959053-why-sneering-at-public-servants-comes-so-naturally-to-many-of-americas-richest-citizens</guid><category>chicago</category><category>illinois</category><category>low-income</category><category>us-news</category><category>lawmakers</category><category>homeless-students</category><category>teachers-strike</category><category>mayor-rahm-emmanuel</category><category>inadequate-support</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:45:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah9C079422-F71B-5A71-F60C-7DE1B884330D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah9C079422-F71B-5A71-F60C-7DE1B884330D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In Texas, the Numbers Reveal Just How Dire Things Will Be for Medicaid Patients Without Planned Parenthood | RH Reality Check</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last week, I filmed a video report for&nbsp;RH Reality Check in which I examined the claim--made at various times over the past year or so by Governor Rick Perry,  the Texas Health and Human Services department, anti-choice lawmakers,  and anti-Planned Parenthood activists--that &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13828836-in-texas-the-numbers-reveal-just-how-dire-things-will-be-for-medicaid-patients-without-planned-parenthood-rh-reality-check</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13828836-in-texas-the-numbers-reveal-just-how-dire-things-will-be-for-medicaid-patients-without-planned-parenthood-rh-reality-check</guid><category>texas</category><category>women</category><category>politics</category><category>and</category><category>analysis</category><category>law</category><category>low-income</category><category>program</category><category>medicaid</category><category>policy</category><category>parenthood</category><category>planned</category><category>womens</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:50:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Garage, Barn, Room Needed Now !</title>
<description><![CDATA[Please pass this on to all your friends. Iam not giving up my furry friends, and in great need of safe, warm, stable living. Please help me get this out ASAP.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura_iancu]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[laura_iancu]]></source><link>http://lauraiancu.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13531706-garage-barn-room-needed-now</link><guid>http://lauraiancu.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13531706-garage-barn-room-needed-now</guid><category>home</category><category>living</category><category>low-income</category><category>odd-news</category><category>warm</category><category>cats</category><category>love</category><category>north-dakota</category><category>stable</category><category>need</category><category>pets</category><category>amerika</category><category>pole-shift</category><category>trailer-home</category><category>united-states-of-ameica</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:23:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=lauraiancu5606E736-569C-BCA4-00AA-6642613842B3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="159" width="213" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=lauraiancu5606E736-569C-BCA4-00AA-6642613842B3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Poor Are Always With You</title>
<description><![CDATA[Franciscans criticize Romney and Ryan:&nbsp;
A look at the philosophies of the incumbent and the challenger: what are the implications of the election on low-income Americans?&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Undeceived]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Undeceived]]></source><link>http://undeceived.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/10/13209805-the-poor-are-always-with-you</link><guid>http://undeceived.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/10/13209805-the-poor-are-always-with-you</guid><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>fan</category><category>poverty</category><category>low-income</category><category>obama</category><category>food-stamps</category><category>welfare</category><category>romney</category><category>franciscan</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>bailouts</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mobile Market Brings Fresh Food to Communities on a Budget </title>
<description><![CDATA[
A local bus is bringing a taste of the farm to homes on a budget.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13104865-mobile-market-brings-fresh-food-to-communities-on-a-budget</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13104865-mobile-market-brings-fresh-food-to-communities-on-a-budget</guid><category>farm</category><category>food</category><category>prices</category><category>budget</category><category>bus</category><category>low-income</category><category>odd-news</category><category>fresh</category><category>communities</category><category>delivers</category><category>discounted</category><category>mobile-market</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:33:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046734840128-EC11-4A16-7AB3-310CED5C6C9F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="115" width="172" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046734840128-EC11-4A16-7AB3-310CED5C6C9F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Spending Off the Hook: Free Phones Costing Taxpayers $2.1 Billion Per Year. by John Sexton. 6-14-12, 3 hours ago.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
You're probably familiar with the food stamp program which grew from&nbsp;$35 billion in 2008&nbsp;to $75 billion last year. But did you know that getting food stamps also makes you eligible for a free government cell phone?&nbsp;
A program called Lifeline provides free phones&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/14/12222497-spending-off-the-hook-free-phones-costing-taxpayers-21-billion-per-year-by-john-sexton-6-14-12-3-hours-ago</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/14/12222497-spending-off-the-hook-free-phones-costing-taxpayers-21-billion-per-year-by-john-sexton-6-14-12-3-hours-ago</guid><category>fraud</category><category>fcc</category><category>low-income</category><category>survey</category><category>medicaid</category><category>cell-phone</category><category>food-stamps</category><category>us-news</category><category>usac</category><category>wic</category><category>etc</category><category>head-start</category><category>tracfone</category><category>lifeline</category><category>support-payments</category><category>phone-stamps</category><category>universal-service-charge</category><category>ineligibility-rate</category><category>default-states</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:24:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH0E763BC6-77FB-FFDE-7CB8-9FAB03AE43D6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH0E763BC6-77FB-FFDE-7CB8-9FAB03AE43D6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Class, Income, &amp; Status Slice Food Fights</title>
<description><![CDATA[Food politics promises to displace diminished social  wedge issues, carrying much the same weight, with big corporate money  facing off against the health, welfare, and choices of the vast  majority.&nbsp;&nbsp; Money, in fact, determines the quality of what we eat, in  more ways&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rbecker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rbecker]]></source><link>http://rbecker1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12186746-class-income-status-slice-food-fights</link><guid>http://rbecker1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12186746-class-income-status-slice-food-fights</guid><category>food</category><category>money</category><category>politics</category><category>low-income</category><category>organic-food</category><category>empty-calories</category><category>no-planning</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:53:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney Edges Obama in Battle for Middle-Income Voters</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Mitt Romney currently has a 49% to 45% edge over Barack Obama among middle-income voters, those whose annual household income is between $36,000 and $89,999. Romney has the same lead among upper-income voters, while Obama maintains a wide advantage among lower-income voters&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12053116-romney-edges-obama-in-battle-for-middle-income-voters</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12053116-romney-edges-obama-in-battle-for-middle-income-voters</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>low-income</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>voters</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>middle-class</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2012 20:22:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Should P Diddy's Son, Justin, fork over his $54,000 UCLA scholarship?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In an interview with CNN, education contributor Dr. Steve Perry defended Combs, arguing that he earned it fair and square. At the Upstate New York prep school where Combs recently graduated, he maintained a 3.75 GPA while playing cornerback for the football team.
There's no de&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MyView-222]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MyView-222]]></source><link>http://myview-222.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11990842-should-p-diddys-son-justin-fork-over-his-54000-ucla-scholarship</link><guid>http://myview-222.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11990842-should-p-diddys-son-justin-fork-over-his-54000-ucla-scholarship</guid><category>college</category><category>politics</category><category>low-income</category><category>government</category><category>poor</category><category>scholarship</category><category>water-cooler</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:30:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MyView-2224B85A24E-4BF0-A570-F11C-1FBDD5AB9D50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MyView-2224B85A24E-4BF0-A570-F11C-1FBDD5AB9D50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>I-Team: Gov't Spends $2.8M on Free Internet </title>
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TAMPA - Millions of federal and local tax dollars have been paying for free internet access and computers for thousands of Tampa residents. It&rsquo;s a federal stimulus program unique to Tampa that some people are calling government waste.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11956715-i-team-govt-spends-28m-on-free-internet</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11956715-i-team-govt-spends-28m-on-free-internet</guid><category>investigation</category><category>housing</category><category>free</category><category>internet</category><category>waste</category><category>news</category><category>low-income</category><category>federal</category><category>millions</category><category>government</category><category>computers</category><category>public</category><category>us-news</category><category>dollars</category><category>access</category><category>taxpayer</category><category>spent</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 15:05:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467638B5FE4-8B10-DEA4-E662-41F6DCC546DB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467638B5FE4-8B10-DEA4-E662-41F6DCC546DB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How to Become a Section 8 Housing Landlord </title>
<description><![CDATA[Profit from Section 8 if land in your area is low price, such as in the southern US.&nbsp;
Guaranteed rent and if the tenants destroy the place, the government fixes it for you.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[RomeoNTexas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[RomeoNTexas]]></source><link>http://mmntx.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11866250-how-to-become-a-section-8-housing-landlord</link><guid>http://mmntx.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11866250-how-to-become-a-section-8-housing-landlord</guid><category>business</category><category>housing</category><category>real-estate</category><category>low-income</category><category>hud</category><category>welfare</category><category>poor</category><category>profit</category><category>housing-market</category><category>rent-property</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 22:45:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Jerry Brown proposes billions in cuts. Are Californians getting his message? - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jerry Brown proposes billions in cuts. Are Californians getting his message?
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With  California's budget shortfall soaring, Gov. Jerry Brown proposes   broad, painful cuts for state workers and programs. Without new taxes,   he warns voters, the cuts will be even worse.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arieus]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Arieus]]></source><link>http://kissmygrits1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11705747-jerry-brown-proposes-billions-in-cuts-are-californians-getting-his-message-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://kissmygrits1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11705747-jerry-brown-proposes-billions-in-cuts-are-californians-getting-his-message-yahoo-news</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>disabled</category><category>health</category><category>politics</category><category>seniors</category><category>education</category><category>low-income</category><category>government</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>poor</category><category>jp-morgan</category><category>jerry-brown</category><category>raise-taxes</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:42:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=kissmygrits1E70CE972-1400-9A1F-1DA5-CB0B4A1EFA5C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=kissmygrits1E70CE972-1400-9A1F-1DA5-CB0B4A1EFA5C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The United States is a low-wage nation</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The United States is a low-wage country. (Here a chorus of Republicans pipes up: Yes, but it's the greatest low-wage country in the world, and don't you forget it!) In fact, in 2009 the United States led developed nations, with 24.8 percent of workers earning less than two-thir&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Batty]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Roy Batty]]></source><link>http://roybatty.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11449928-the-united-states-is-a-low-wage-nation</link><guid>http://roybatty.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11449928-the-united-states-is-a-low-wage-nation</guid><category>world</category><category>jobs</category><category>low-income</category><category>us-news</category><category>ocnomy</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:02:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=roybatty93FD440B-CEC0-0FF0-3707-78F93CC9EB2C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=roybatty93FD440B-CEC0-0FF0-3707-78F93CC9EB2C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Chicken Little Squad Wants to Gut Social Security and Medicare « Revolutionary Radar</title>
<description><![CDATA[The recent Social Security Trustees Report has spurred the Chicken Little Squad (GOP) to start talking about slashing and burning. Find out why this isn't the solution to the future of Social Security or Medicare on Revolutionary Radar.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[deb dellapiana]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[deb dellapiana]]></source><link>http://deb-dellapiana.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11418265-the-chicken-little-squad-wants-to-gut-social-security-and-medicare-revolutionary-radar</link><guid>http://deb-dellapiana.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11418265-the-chicken-little-squad-wants-to-gut-social-security-and-medicare-revolutionary-radar</guid><category>taxes</category><category>cuts</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>low-income</category><category>social-security</category><category>retirement</category><category>middle-class</category><category>the-1</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:48:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deb-dellapiana216D4037-4D96-A9AC-C65A-16736A46F90F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="186" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deb-dellapiana216D4037-4D96-A9AC-C65A-16736A46F90F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Millennials struggle with financial literacy – USATODAY.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Studies show that a majority of young people in the United States have poor financial literacy, a trend that has been consistent over the  past decade and shows few signs of improving. This at a time when young  adults face a difficult job market and more personal debt, and yet m&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[UNA_Lion]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[UNA_Lion]]></source><link>http://unalion.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11368058-millennials-struggle-with-financial-literacy-usatodaycom</link><guid>http://unalion.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11368058-millennials-struggle-with-financial-literacy-usatodaycom</guid><category>business</category><category>economy</category><category>money</category><category>unemployment</category><category>low-income</category><category>poor</category><category>employment</category><category>responsibility</category><category>millennials</category><category>job-market</category><category>twenty-something</category><category>personal-debt</category><category>fincance</category><category>younger-generation</category><category>fianacial-literacy</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:34:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=UNALion87F83C01-1431-2E72-C3FB-851BC0BB36A2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="184" width="245" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=UNALion87F83C01-1431-2E72-C3FB-851BC0BB36A2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Far-Reaching Implications in States' Health Care Law Challenge - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Implications Are Far-Reaching in States&rsquo; Challenge of Federal Health Care Law

By&nbsp;ROBERT PEAR
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Published: March 24, 2012]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[FreeThinkingOne]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[FreeThinkingOne]]></source><link>http://freethinkingone.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/24/10844974-far-reaching-implications-in-states-health-care-law-challenge-nytimescom</link><guid>http://freethinkingone.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/24/10844974-far-reaching-implications-in-states-health-care-law-challenge-nytimescom</guid><category>business</category><category>states</category><category>low-income</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>states-rights</category><category>budget-office</category><category>aca-2010</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:34:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2012's Newest Voter Suppression Trend: Close Polling Places, Don't Tell Voters </title>
<description><![CDATA[
As in real estate, when it comes to polling places the three most important factors are location, location, location. The closer to home the polling place is located, the more likely that citizens will vote. In this important election year, however, many budget-strapped states &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/24/10843381-2012s-newest-voter-suppression-trend-close-polling-places-dont-tell-voters</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/24/10843381-2012s-newest-voter-suppression-trend-close-polling-places-dont-tell-voters</guid><category>politics</category><category>low-income</category><category>voters</category><category>location</category><category>protesting</category><category>election-year</category><category>election-campaign</category><category>omaha-nebraska</category><category>minority-neighborhoods</category><category>voter-suppression-trend</category><category>close-polling-stations</category><category>voting-rights-advocates</category><category>douglas-county-election-commissioner</category><category>dave-phipps</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:36:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah149B6DC7-AEBE-EEDD-6E86-4C0D8F690799.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="67" width="95" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah149B6DC7-AEBE-EEDD-6E86-4C0D8F690799.jpg&amp;width=120" width="95" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>