Jan 21 2009
Basu: Economic Woes; Women and Minorities Hit Hardest
It’s one thing to forgo $37 million for a new state office building and to cut raises in his own office, as Culver laudably did. It’s another to force domestic-violence victims to wait longer for services, or to not ensure that every low-income child has health coverage. Illnesses are contagious, and crimes escalate when there’s no safe haven.
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Then there’s the urgent need to extend the Hawk-I program of health insurance for low-income children to undocumented immigrants’ kids, here through no fault of their own.
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Advocates for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault urge creation of a special fund to support shelters and services in tough times. During hard times, the most vulnerable tend to get hardest hit.
