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America’s Poverty is by Design

Some of My Best Friends Are

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The Paradox of American Poverty

Matt Welch: The poverty rate by a lot of measures hasn't shown a lot of improvement. He says government spending on poverty programs has actually increased over the last 50 years. Welch: There's a mountain of evidence showing that housing assistance, food assistance are just essential and effective. And yet poverty persists.

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