“In reality, the current national poverty rate (13 percent) fits in the past 40 years range of 12-15 percent.”
Amazing stat, considering that the US has poured about seven TRILLION taxpayer dollars down the anti-poverty rat hole since LBJ’s “War on Poverty” began in the ‘60s. It is an extravagant flop in all aspects but one: it bought the votes of a large bloc of dependent welfare recipients. The Democrats should be grateful to us Red State smucks for our generous tax “contributions” that allow them to buy power in the flop-house cities of our country. They wouldn’t be in D. C. without our help.
There is much evidence that by doing this we have exacerbated the problem more than we have helped.