Fifty years and
trillions of dollars after the “War on Poverty” was launched, poor Americans
aren’t much better off, according to a study published by Republican reformers
in Congress. The War on
Poverty has barely made a dent in actual poverty, states the 205-page report unveiled last month by
the House Budget Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.).
The paper,
created in the hope of starting a discussion in Congress about reforming
America’s bungled poor-relief programs, came out before Ryan released
the GOP’s new budgetary blueprint yesterday that lays out how to balance the
budget in 10 years. That document calls for reducing federal government
spending by $5.1 trillion over a decade largely by getting a grip on
out-of-control social programs. The House Budget Committee could vote on the
fiscal plan as soon as Friday. Leadership in the Democrat-dominated Senate,
which hasn’t even tried to adopt a budget in recent years, isn’t planning to
craft a fiscal blueprint this year, either.
The heart of the War on Poverty report is its observation that most federal poverty-alleviation programs are essentially useless or incapable of having their impact measured in the real world.
My Take - Okay, so where did all this money go? It all went to a giant kleptocracy of government bureaucrats, beltway bandits and a jillion academics.
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