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A very important gap grandparents can fill is the financial literacy gap. As John Hope Bryant and I recently discussed in an Op-ed and on CNBC, we know that financial literacy is a significant problem, one that can have significant effects over a lifetime. We also know the reasons for the problem, including a lack of financial education in our secondary schools.
The importance of closing the financial literacy gap to individuals and our society cannot be overstated. The privilege of chairing the Securities and Exchange Commission provided many memorable moments, most indelible among them were our investor town halls. The women and men of the SEC love helping hard-working Americans become better investors and I was fortunate to be part of their efforts. These free-flowing sessions gave me a better appreciation for the perspectives of many of our current investors.
Dec 23, 2020 10:54 AM
Jennie Clayton Lance (Palmer) has gone to be with our Lord. She passed away Friday December 18, 2020 from complications of Dementia. Born on 9/23/45 in Troy MI., she is the daughter of Joseph and Kay Clayton. She lived in the Royal Oak area until her second marriage to Pete Palmer. Jennie then moved to Whitehall were she enjoyed working on the farm and running her own flower business for 12 years. She will always be remembered as a fun and loving Grandma. She is survived by her brother Walter Clayton, son Chris Lance and daughter Gina Lance and 11 grandchildren.
Services will be announced at a later date.
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From the pages of novels such as
Oliver Twist, Dickens savaged the injustices meted out to the impoverished – and at the top of his hit-list was the infamous New Poor Law
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“Please, Sir, I want some more.” Charles Dickens’ portrayal of Oliver Twist approaching the master and asking him, timorously, for a second helping of gruel is surely one of the most famous scenes in all of 19th-century literature.
When Dickens wrote these words in the 1830s, huge celebrity and vast fortune still lay in the future. Instead the author was thinking of the here and now – in particular, the plight of the most impoverished Britons. Dickens was determined to savage the terrible injustices he saw unfolding around him, and did that so effectively that he soon secured a reputation as a spokesman for the poor.