I Was 'Very Poor' and Was Able to Pull Myself Up

COMMENTARY | Earlier this week, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made headlines when he said, "I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there." While this statement raised more than a few eyebrows, Romney is right. 

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By all accounts, I was doomed to a life of poverty. I was a teenage mother of twins, living on welfare. I received food stamps, Medicaid and even a housing subsidy. According to every "expert", I was destined to fail. Statistics said there was little chance I would graduate from high school. In the court of public opinion, I was sentenced to poverty, for life.

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