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Years ago if you were poor, you were poor and lived that life. Now there are an incredible number of programs to raise the standard of living of poor people who make low wages into the middle class lifestyle.
Food stamps, free school lunch programs, discounted rent, public housing, earned income tax credit, reduced cost for health insurance, free health clinics, etc. etc.
When did all these things happen? Do you remember the days when if you were poor and did not make much money, you were just poor?
Years ago if you were poor, you were poor and lived that life. Now there are an incredible number of programs to raise the standard of living of poor people who make low wages into the middle class lifestyle.
Food stamps, free school lunch programs, discounted rent, public housing, earned income tax credit, reduced cost for health insurance, free health clinics, etc. etc.
When did all these things happen? Do you remember the days when if you were poor and did not make much money, you were just poor?
As you see, the food and housing programs came about during the Depression.
Beaten to it. The programs enacted here go a long way to make sure we never end up with "depression era" levels of poverty again. no one in their right mind wants to roll back to a situation where that kind of situation is possible.
As you see, the food and housing programs came about during the Depression.
And yet none of these programs have alleviated poverty in America. In other words, they were poor before they received benefits, and they are still poor after they received benefits. All we are doing is paying to keep them alive and comfortable.
And yet none of these programs have alleviated poverty in America. In other words, they were poor before they received benefits, and they are still poor after they received benefits.
The poverty rate has actually gone down since the 60s. https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/def...st_embargo.pdf "The percent of the population in poverty when measured to include tax credits and other benefits has declined from 25.8 percent in 1967 to 16.0 percent in 2012."
We'll never eliminate it, but it's better to have poor people who are at least decently fed, housed and able to get health care.
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