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President Obama is a bit of a Poverty Pimp Obama was right to promote job training for the unemployed .  Obama was right to promote  after-school programs for kids .  Obama is Pompous to say that he is going to " create a path of opportunity for all hard-working Americans to enter the middle class ". Too many Americans live without hope for a better future or access to good, family-supporting jobs Obama is a great dad, a great role model, and has the right plan to help families.  From  http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/poverty :  Progress The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included broad investments to alleviate the poverty made worse by economic crisis. To fight hunger, the Act includes a $20 billion increase for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, as well as funding for food banks and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); The Act also provid...