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To: Road Walker who wrote (337379)	5/12/2007 12:42:00 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576891

boston.com Obesity battle starts young for urban poor By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff \| December 29, 2006 By the time they reach the age of 3, more than one-third of low-income urban children are already overweight or obese, according to a study released yesterday that provides alarming evidence that the nation's battle of the bulge begins when toddlers are barely out of diapers. "I've never seen such fat poor people." - [TM-longnshort]

To: Road Walker who wrote (337379)	5/12/2007 3:10:45 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576891

As my friend from India said, he's never seen such fat poor people

To: Road Walker who wrote (337379)	5/16/2007 3:05:59 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576891

A crucial component to raising workers out of poverty would be an all-out effort to ensure that workers are allowed to form unions and bargain collectively. As the task force noted, “Among workers in similar jobs, unionized workers have higher pay, higher rates of health coverage, and better benefits than do nonunionized workers.” In a recent interview about poverty, former Senator John Edwards told me: “Organizing is so important. We have 50 million service economy jobs and we’ll probably have 10 or 15 million more over the next decade. If those jobs are union jobs, they’ll be middle-class families. If not, they’re more likely to live in poverty. It’s that strong.” Damn unions always trying to help people... -Z