02/23/2010
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"children hungry and homeless, begging for money, begging for food, and even at eight and nine years old engaging in prostitution."
"On the eve of the 1996 welfare reform, Democratic senator Frank Lautenberg voiced his concern that the bill would transform America into a Third World nation, leaving 'children hungry and homeless * *..."
"I think these things are connected unfortunately, and the student loan debt, if it does not cost young couples their homes, may impede them from ever having one."
"None of us can afford foreclosures at this scale--not homeowners, not investors, not taxpayers."