Over the past several years, there has been a robust debate over the best way to reduce child poverty in the U.S. One point of view believes that poverty is fundamentally a problem of limited income; therefore, the best way to reduce poverty is to redistribute income through government programs. The other point of view suggests that, while limited income is certainly a defining feature, poverty is the product of other problems, such as inadequate education, family structure, and detachment from the labor force.