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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has put fighting poverty at thetop of his agenda 50 years after President Lyndon Johnson used his State of theUnion address to declare a war on poverty.Rubio, who spoke to CBSrsquo; Bob Schieffer about his ideas onFace the Nation Sunday, said Johnsonrsquo vision never really came to fruition.As far as the war on poverty is concerned, its programshave utility. They do help alleviate the consequences of poverty, butthey don t help people to emerge from that poverty. And that s why I feellike the war on poverty has failed, because it s incomplete, Rubio said. Ithink we have failed to take the next step, which is to help
stanley cup people trappedwith inequality of opportunity to have the opportunities to build forthemselves a better life. Rubio outlinedhis proposals in a speech last week, included streamlining federa
stanley cup l antipoverty programs into a Flex Fundthat would be distributed to the states to spend how they see fit, andreplacing the Earned Income Tax Credit with a so-called federal wageenhancement to supplement the income earned by those in low-wage jobs in orderto make working more attractive than collecting unemployment benefits.He said thatsome antipoverty programs, like the administrationrsquo Head Start initiative, aregeared in the right direction but need to be reformed and given moreflex
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This story was written by Joshua Sharp, Daily TrojanPresident-elect Barack Obamas transition period has ge
stanley us nerated almost as much excitement as the election cycle itself. With the pressure of the whole world watching, it is hard to criticize Obama too harshly as he makes his first major decisions as president-elect.It would be arrogant and self-inflating for members of the chattering class, myself included, to pretend only we know the right candidate for each Cabin
stanley cup et position. But Obamas first decisions do provide some insight into his mindset as well as a faint glimpse of what an Obama administrations first few years could look lik
stanley cup e. By selecting Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff, Obama demonstrated a cold-blooded love of pragmatism founded in the knowledge that Washington is run by who can best manage the slippery, and sometimes stubborn, levers of power in politics. Emanuel has shown he can handle these duties remarkably well. While some Republicans have criticized Emanuel as being too partisan, Obama has the ability to channel Emanuels talents toward a post-partisan agenda. Time will tell whether Obama wants to do so. Favorable indicators can be found in Obamas respectful, nuanced ascent since Nov. 4. He has reminded the world that America can only have one president at a time, and declined to attend a global economic summit out of deference to President Bush. This modest, careful behavior
