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Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson delivered his first State of the Union address, promising an “unconditional war on poverty in America.” Looking at the wreckage since, it’s not hard to conclude that poverty won.
If we are losing the War on Poverty, it certainly isn’t for lack of effort.
In 2012, the federal government spent $668 billion to fund 126 separate anti‐poverty programs. State and local governments kicked in another $284 billion, bringing total anti‐poverty spending to nearly $1 trillion. That amounts to $20,610 for every poor person in America, or $61,830 per poor family of three.
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originally posted by: rickymouse
I wonder how much of that money made by the people who supply the services to house the homeless, including the contractors, goes into the political parties campaign funds...maybe one percent to two percent?
originally posted by: marg6043
Wow, the American homeless should be outraged that the illegals are getting better treatment, they got sanctuary cities, free shelter, free food, free healthcare and billions of dollars in help, drugs and prostitution plus terrorist jihadist recruiting grounds, all at the expenses of the taxpayer.
The great America, where been and American is a disadvantage.
Is good when democrats are in power.