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The Poverty Industry, Kids and Gender Stereotypes, Tarzan
The Matt Townsend Show - Season 5, Episode 157
- Jul 1, 2016 6:00 am
- 2:20:53 mins
The Poverty Industry (16:12) Daniel Hatcher is a professor of law at the University of Baltimore. He previously served as the assistant director of advocacy for public benefits and economic stability with the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau. He is the author of “The Poverty Industry: The Exploitation of America’s Most Vulnerable Citizens.”One thing that sets America apart from many other countries is its safety-net programs. America has a lot of programs meant to help out poor and vulnerable citizens like foster care and Medicaid. But what happens when those institutions start abusing the privileges the government gives them to help others? Daniel Hatcher, suggests that some of these safety-net programs could be using federal money for themselves instead of using that money to help the poor and vulnerable. Coaches Corner - Scope Creep (42:44) When you have a project with a targeted goal and the scope of the project grows beyond the intended goal that is called scope creep. This happ...