What is this "19th-century understanding in poverty fighting"? The one found in Charles Dickens and Jack London's novels or in the writtings of the socialists or in Malthus or in social darwinism or in Bismarck social programms?
Whatever it may be, you can find a short and cohesive synthesis in a Victor D Hanson editorial released today on Jewish World Review.
At least judging by his above-cited editorial, Hanson has a good grip on the moral questions, as well as the political ones.
Read in conjunction with Diane Alden's lenghty piece in today's Newsmax, it's fair to say that the Conservatives are finally turning against the Fortune 100/NeoCon alliance...