America is Killing Poor People - Economist, Gary Hoover Explains.
The Trump administration just overhauled roughly $4 billion in homelessness funding, shifting emphasis away from permanent housing. Trump-backed changes to SNAP have coincided with about 4 million fewer Americans receiving food assistance. From food to housing, Gary Hoover asks the uncomfortable question behind “America Is Killing Poor People”: when the safety net gets smaller for people already struggling to survive, is poverty really their failure—or ours? Economist Gary “Hoov” Hoover, Executive Director of the Murphy Institute and professor of economics and law, argues that America doesn’t simply fail poor people—it often builds systems that keep them poor and then blames them for it. His warning lands at a critical moment:
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