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Friday, November 28, 2008 | News

New York Times Ed Board Misses on Thanksgiving

A Thanksgiving Day editorial by the NYT focuses on the “safety net” for the poor – a typical holiday topic and framing of the issue made more topical than usual by the current economy.

And while nothing the editorial writer says is wrong exactly, this kind of exhortation of our federal government to improve the measurement of poverty won’t accomplish much…

 

Read the full article here.

 

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