We knew it was only a matter of time before new Mayor Dave Bing would start making his recommendations to privatize more parts of Detroit! Today, the point guard Mayor announced he wants to privatize…
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Wake The Hell Up!!
‘CIPIENTS SPEAK by Maureen D. Taylor State Chair, MWRO May 2009 On Thursday, May 14th, 2009, most Americans woke up to the grim news that in order for Chrysler to save itself, 25% of the…
The Reagan Years Are Back Again In Detroit
Not since 1984, when President Reagan sold us a pile of mess called Trickle Down Economics have we seen such high unemployment rates in Michigan. The state reported unemployment rates of 12% in February 2009….
Bail Out The People — Not The Corporations
(reposted from the People’s Tribune, March 2009) Over the past year, more than 2.2 million homes have been lost to foreclosure, a record number. Some four million jobs have vanished, and jobs continue to be…
Moving Towards a People’s Recovery Plan
There seems to be a lot of doubt these days from state and local politicians about whether or not to accept federal stimulus funds. Curiously, they didn’t seem to have this same doubt when it…
January is Poverty in America Awareness Month
We’re back! After a few days of taking our own needed rest, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization is back online reporting the latest poverty news, welfare rights reports, and issues related to low-income people in Michigan…
“Capitalism vs Democracy”
‘Cipients Speak! December 2008 by Maureen D. Taylor, MWRO State Chair As we come to the end of the year, MWRO sends out greetings to our members across the state and to the welfare rights…
Poverty Statistics in Michigan
Like everyone else, we’re reading the news and trying to keep up with what’s happening. But along the way MWRO notices that a lot of statistics in Michigan are increasing. Here are some examples: In…
“Bail out the People, not the banks!”
In two days, on November 20th, Detroiters will have their last chance to comment on how the City of Detroit will spend $47.1 million from HUD. “What?!” you say, that’s right because on November 21…
Poverty Summit Analysis
by Maureen D Taylor, State Chairperson, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization. Yesterday, Nov. 13th, 2008, was the beginning of an activity seen last in the 1970’s. An event labeled the Poverty Summit was touted as the…