Some links having to do with poverty

Fresh cuts in the Food Stamp program will make life worse for New York's hungry

http://nydn.us/1bt99ox

The Lasting Impacts of Poverty on the Brain

http://bit.ly/19MJXdz

Poverty can make you stupid, UBC study claims

http://bit.ly/1fmvJQL

What Happens When You Just Give Money To Poor People?

http://n.pr/1a4Evzm

Bad Decisions Don’t Make You Poor. Being Poor Makes for Bad Decisions.

http://slate.me/139W3LI

The 5 Stupidest Habits You Develop Growing Up Poor

http://bit.ly/xXH26r

5 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Poor

http://bit.ly/kbZzVY

Here's a post on the whole "kidnapped totally-not-a-gypsy girl" story.

Pretty sure I got the link off of Andrewdrucker, who has some nifty links.

The post pretty handily sums up what I've been thinking this whole time, and let me just say that I find it creepily racist that they keep on referring to this child as a "blond angel". Ew.

http://www.tuppenceworth.ie/blog/2013/10/23/folklore-as-childcare-policy/