The poor have their children educated free in public
schools, from Head Start to K-12 and then on to college with Pell Grants. Their
medical needs are taken care of through Medicaid. They receive food stamps to
feed the family. The kids can get two or three free meals a day at school. Housing, too, is paid for or subsidized. The
poor also receive welfare checks and Earned Income Tax Credits for added cash……
Among American families in poverty today, 1 in 4 have a
freezer. Nearly half have automatic dishwashers. Almost 60 percent have a home
computer. About 2 in 3 poor families have a clothes washer and dryer. Eighty
percent have cell phones. Ninety-three
percent of the poor have a microwave; 96 percent a color TV, and 97 percent a
gas or electric stove….Price tag: $927 billion.
There are 79 federal programs……that provide cash, food, housing, medical
care, social services, training and targeted education to poor and low-income
Americans. "If converted to cash,
means-tested welfare spending is more than sufficient to bring the income of
every lower-income American to 200 percent of the federal poverty level,
roughly $44,000 per year for a family of four."…To Read More….
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