And now, john stossel. In this rich country lots of people are poor. So what should we do about that . Spread the wealth, thats the democrats plan. Some americans are plenty rich. We can just tax more and spend the money on the poor. Fifty years ago president johnson said america will end poverty by doing that. This Administration Today here and now declares unconditional war on poverty in america. [applauding] he expanded Social Security to include more people. Expanded the food stamp program. Created the job core and more. And look how its reduced poverty. In the first sten years of the war on poverty, the poverty rate dropped from 17 percent to 12 percent. Thats great success. But wait a second. Look at the years right before the war on poverty began. Americans were already lifting themselves out of poverty without the welfare programs. And now, look at this graph that shows whats happened since the war began, after five, ten years of improvement, americans stopped making progress.
Poverty . Thats our show tonight. And now, john stossel. In this rich country lots of people are poor. So what should we do about that . Spread the wealth, thats the democrats plan. Some americans are plenty rich. We can just tax more and spend the money on the poor. Fifty years ago president johnson said america will end poverty by doing that. This Administration Today here and now declares unconditional war on poverty in america. [applauding] he expanded Social Security to include more people. Expanded the food stamp program. Created the job core and more. And look how its reduced poverty. In the first sten years of the war on poverty, the poverty rate dropped from 17 percent to 12 percent. Thats great success. But wait a second. Look at the years right before the war on poverty began. Americans were already lifting themselves out of poverty without the welfare programs. And now, look at this graph that shows whats happened since the war began, after five, ten years of improvement, a
Food and medical supplies are tight and devastated the teams president of the bbc says that was likely closer to twenty five hundred large part of the well publicized tested. The story on sunday. Primetime news thats whats a november thirteen here in korea fly from saul and deeply emotional and thank you so much for joining us. We begin with the korea russia summit that took place earlier in the day between president aka name and visiting russian president Vladimir Putin that is set down for talks on ways to expand bilateral cooperation mainly through rail and Port Development projects for president ial Office Correspondence aunt and two has this report the end of this minor rant was sentenced on economic cooperation. The two leaders agreed to support calls participation in a Joint Railway much as it did work for free at brunch at the fifty four km long railway would run between russias eastern border town of haas done and the north korean port city of frogging the Korean Consortium co
Thank you. You have no idea what just happened. Excellent address, and raised lot of good points and sets up an interesting and complex landscape, and i want to go through a lot of them including the state of affairs and debate in britain right now about defense and the military. Relationship to the u. S. , nato, but where to start . I think defense one, we discuss the future of military power. And what comes next, where were going. And part of that big question right now is the use of power, the limits of it, and the purposes of our militaries. Thats a debate going on in this country. I know in the United Kingdom, there is a new kind of recommitment to a future with a major funding announcement, as you said. Explain to us and the viewers a little bit about the background there of the debate in britain of how much to spend, what kind of military to have, and how it should be used. I think in the u. K. , we are very conscious about nato is a very precious alliance, but it is not reasona
Representatives for a district that is larger than the state of illinois. We need to continue to work to provide services to folks who do not happen to live any place close to where there is a v. A. Hospital. Over the course of my time in congress, working with the department of Veterans Affairs, we have had Outpatient Clinics that has helped. If you lived four or five hours from a v. A. Hospital, how do you get there, particularly if you are 92yearold world war ii veteran . If you are 92 when you live 2. 5 hours from the Outpatient Clinic, it doesnt make that much difference that you are two hours closer to a facility if you cannot get there nyway. One of the things i am pleased about and the legislation that is pending that i hope the Conference Committee reaches a result when we come back and vote about it, the idea if you live long distances from ava facility that the v. A. Will provide care for you. The v. A. Today has the ability to do that. They have the ability to pay for outsi