Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Meanwhile, back here at home...
As we rape and kill civilians in the name of spreading democracy...and "rescue" stolen kids from overseas....back here at home, the newly released 2006 edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation indicates that more than 13 million American children were living in poverty in 2004, an increase of 1 million over four years, with an increase in the number of children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment.
And, in Texas the number of children taken from their parents shot up 30 percent in a single year -- from 13,431 in fiscal 2004 to 17,428 in fiscal 2005 as aresult of "panic" in response to highly publicized deaths of children "known to the system." As in Kentucky, many of those children were taken from parents who were neither brutally abusive nor hopelessly addicted. Instead, their poverty had been confused with "neglect."
And, in Texas the number of children taken from their parents shot up 30 percent in a single year -- from 13,431 in fiscal 2004 to 17,428 in fiscal 2005 as aresult of "panic" in response to highly publicized deaths of children "known to the system." As in Kentucky, many of those children were taken from parents who were neither brutally abusive nor hopelessly addicted. Instead, their poverty had been confused with "neglect."
# posted by Senior Mom @ 8:35 PM 
