[hinckley buzzard]

The poverty scam in America began in 1969, IIRC, with a CBS (of course) special called "Hunger in America." It was filled with lies, some of which were later debunked but many of which entered the American consciouslness. One was the apocryphal anecdote about seniors buying catfood because they couldn't afford human food. The fact was, a dozen fresh eggs cost the same as a couple tins of catfood at the time, (if anyone had bothered to look besides me.) They bought catfood because they had pet cats. Facts didn't stop socialist swine like Michael Harrington (The Other America) from perverting a generation of government programs however.

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>a dozen fresh eggs cost the same as a couple tins of catfood at the time,

Not any more. The energy bill totally took care of that contradiction. Snark aside, poverty has been a relentless demagogue issue.