Mayor Heidi Davison put Heard on the defensive, asking whether state legislators are willing to invest public money in education, transportation and economic development as a means of addressing issues with a direct relationship to poverty, both in Athens-Clarke County and around the state. As the mayor's remarks suggested, the state should be playing a major role in educating people for effective entry into the workforce or higher education, providing public transit to ensure that those who can't afford personal transportation have a way to get to work, and in bringing jobs into the state.OnlineAthens.com Opinion Heard's remarks on poverty fight were misguided 11/11/05
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Friday, November 11, 2005
OnlineAthens.com | Opinion | Heard's remarks on poverty fight were misguided 11/11/05
The poverty rates of working-age people (ages 21-64) with disabilities in the United States, using data from the 2003 and 2004 American Community Surveys (ACS) can be found at www.DisabilityStatistics.org and are disturbing. The poverty rate for working-age people with disabilities increased from 23.3 percent in 2003 to 24.1 percent in 2004, in the US. While the poverty rate of working-age people without disabilities increased from 8.9 percent in 2003 to 9.1 percent in 2004, in the US.
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