How America Spends Nearly $1 Trillion a Year Fighting Poverty -- and Fails

How America Spends Nearly $1 Trillion a Year Fighting Poverty -- and Fails: "Forty-eight years after President Johnson declared war on poverty, the number of poor people in the United States remains stubbornly high.  Various administrations have increased the number of programs helping those with incomes below the poverty line, but no such institution has had much success, says Michael Tanner, a senior fellow with the Cato Institute."

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