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- May 2024
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¹¹ For you al-ways have the poor with you, but you will notalways have me.
Said in the context of his pending crucifixion, with respect to a woman who had poured expensive ointment on Jesus.
This is an interesting proposition in this passage with respect to lots of what he'd said about the poor in the past. See also the Beatitudes
relationship to the idea of "Waging war on poverty, but not on the poor"?
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- Dec 2022
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The 1960s were a period of time when poverty in theUnited States was cut in half. This should be seen as a major economic ac-complishment. The War on Poverty played an important role in this decline.It demonstrated that the nation’s poverty is not immovable and that genuineprogress is possible with a concerted effort by the government and a growingeconomy.
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