John there are three ways to help people who need help, government can try to do it. Give people money, start programs. Charities do that too, and id say theyre better at teaching people how to help themselves. Theres the saying goes teach a man to fish. Then theres a third way, i think its the best way. Ill get to that later in the show. But first lets debate the first two. When i was in college, president Lyndon Johnson declared allout war on human poverty. He said for the first time in our history, its possible to conquer poverty. I believe him then but i watched his poverty programs create more poverty. Governments spent trillions of dollars and people are still poor. People on the left say the money was still worth it. Look at this chart. He chose that the poverty rate fell sharply after the war on poverty began. Thats great, but wait, he extends the chart back a few years to when data was kept on the poverty rate. You notice it was already falling. Just as fast. But then it stopp
John there are three ways to help people who need help, government can try to do it. Give people money, start programs. Charities do that too, and id say theyre better at teaching people how to help themselves. Theres the saying goes teach a man to fish. Then theres a third way, i think its the best way. Ill get to that later in the show. But first lets debate the first two. When i was in college, president Lyndon Johnson declared allout war on human poverty. He said for the first time in our history, its possible to conquer poverty. I believe him then but i watched his poverty programs create more poverty. Governments spent trillions of dollars and people are still poor. People on the left say the money was still worth it. Look at this chart. He chose that the poverty rate fell sharply after the war on poverty began. Thats great, but wait, he extends the chart back a few years to when data was kept on the poverty rate. You notice it was already falling. Just as fast. But then it stopp
Government youre going to be in for an awful long way. John if they get it may be seen more people will realize there are better ways to give. Real charity. That is our show tonight. And now. John what is real charity . People are in trouble after a disaster or simply when people are poor. Americans instead is to think amount and government help. After all, who will help those people is not government . Libertarians argue that private charity would step in. Individuals really choosing to help. But with enough of us up . Most people say no. That is why liberals like newsday columnist say when it comes to helping the need, that is mostly governments job. Well, listen, it would be great if people of reach into their hearts and solved all these will problems. That does not happen. In almost every single case where theyre is a Government Program that exists because the private efforts. When you have 04 enough. John that is because politicians said they were not enough and we could do better
Government youre going to be in for an awful long way. John if they get it may be seen more people will realize there are better ways to give. Real charity. That is our sw tonight. And now. John what is real charity . People are in trouble after a disaster or simply when people are poor. Americans instead is to think amount and government help. After all, who will help those people is not government . Libertarians argue that private charity would step in. Individuals really choosing to help. But with enough of us up . Most people say no. That is why liberals like newsday columnist say when it comes to helping the need, that is mostly governments job. Well, listen, it would be great if people of reach into their heartsnd solved all these will problems. That does not happen. In almost every single case where theyre is a Government Program that exists because the private efforts. When you have 04 enough. John that is because politicians said they were not enough and we could do better. I
Government youre going to be in for an awful long way. John if they get it may be seen more people will realize there are better ws to give. Real charity. That is our show tonight. And now. John what is real charity . People are in troublefter disaster or sply when people are poor. Americans instead is to think amount and government help. After all, who will help those people is not government . Libertarians argue that private charity would step in. Individuals really choosing to help. But with enough of us up . Most people say no. That is why liberals like neday columnist say when it comes to helping the need, that is mostly governments job. Well, listen, it would be great if people of reach into their hearts and solved all these will problems. That does not happen. In almost every single case where theyre is a Government Program that exists because the private efforts. When you have 04 enough. John that is because politicians sd they were not enough and we could do better. I would ar