Sentence examples for failed the poor from inspiring English sources

The Bush folks, he charges, have failed the poor.

The ruling ANC has spectacularly failed the poor after 18 years in power.

It has been public utilities, not private companies, that have failed the poor.

Roy, speaking via Skype, said that Medicaid has failed the poor by directing too much funding to higher-income groups that don't need it.

The movement gains force today because of the populist backlash against globalization, which has failed the poor in all of Latin America except Chile.

But let's not kid ourselves that this recent interest in financial inclusion is anything other than the start of a sophisticated, carefully managed – but supremely cynical – PR campaign that attempts to cover up for local neoliberal policies and programmes that have actually failed the poor.

This is one reason why the consensus has failed the poorest countries.

The report said the UN's taste for setting goals at the expense of delivering results failed the poorest and most vulnerable.

Milburn said he was angry that the school system "consistently failed the poorest children", who faced a "triple whammy of disadvantage", slipping behind at ages five, 11 and 16.

From Hill's point of view these had all failed the poorest members of the working class, the unskilled labourers.

It is schools that fail the poor.