Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Will Obama "Confie" wealth to really help the Poor?

I disagree with your premise. Tremendous sums have been spent on the war on poverty, in fact over 5 trillion dollars. In inflation adjusted dollars, this is more than we spent fighting both Germany and Japan in WWII. The sad fact of the matter is, that you cannot eliminate poverty by throwing money at it. Experience here, and in other countries has shown that such programs tend to create a dependent cl. That's not to say that we shouldn't have a social safety net. There are, and always will be people who desperately need help and who should be helped. But recognizing what's effective and what's not in reducing the poverty level is something which seems to escape the Democratic party.

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