Obama calls for rethinking of poverty guidelines

Continuing the exciting momentum of Michael R. Bloomberg's call for a new poverty measure last week (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301782.html) and Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington’s hearing on his own proposal in the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support (http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp) now Obama has called for modernizing the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

See this article from the Congressional Quarterly and read on for Obama’s quote: (http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/beyond/2008/07/obama-endorses-calls-for-new-f.html)

"'Senator Obama knows that the federal poverty guidelines, which were developed decades ago, simply do not take into account the rising costs of child care, health care, transportation, and housing that make it difficult for many families to make ends meet in our globalizing economy,' campaign spokesman Nick Shapiro told me yesterday. 'Senator Obama believes that we should modernize the federal poverty guidelines to more accurately reflect the costs of living and the economic pressures on American families. Without an accurate measure of poverty and economic insecurity in America, we will not be able to fully tackle the effects of these problems on our children and families.' John McCain hasn’t taken a position on the idea yet, according to his campaign spokesman Taylor Griffin."

I encourage you to post a comment in support of this idea on the CQ blog---the only comment on there now is a negative one.

We’ll keep you updated on these exciting developments!

Susie Smith,

Director, Californians For Economic Security (CFES) Insight Center for Community Economic Development (formerly NEDLC)

Phone: (510)251-2600x108; Fax: (510) 251-0600

2201 Broadway Suite 815 Oakland, CA 94612

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