Have babies out of wedlock and whatnot, to that last category, giving money to them only injures them with a helping hand. I said that my own niece back in the 90s was an alcoholic, living in Public Housing. She had a small child. I spent a year and thousands of dollars tryings to wean her off of that. Found her an apartment in arlington, virginia, away from philadelphia. Found her a job. And i went to pick her up at 2 00 in the morning at one of the most dangerous Public Housing projects in philadelphia when i went out at 2 00 in the afternoon. She was drunk. And i couldnt compete against a Public Housing. I couldnt compete against food stamps. It was only after welfare reform two years afterwards where she compelled therefore to go out and work. And now she is on her feet. I say that to say that its important for us to disaggregate that and recognize that help to that third category, people on the left tend to look at all welfare recipients as if theyre category one. People on the ri
Government has amassed huge amounts of money, then used some of it to relieve the worst affects of poverty. Some programs are dedicated to make people less likely to be poor. Others to making being poor less dangerous and degrading. Notably with the new deal and the great society, putting the federal government at the heart of programs to aid the poor set off big philosophical and practical debates. When washington sets the goals and makes the rules and disburses the money, does it deliver help where and when needed. For a long time republicans like representative ryan of wisconsin have answered no. This week the chairman of the House Budget Committee laid out a plan for a new model today on inside story a closer look. Deep poverty is near record highs. We take a step back and look at all of this, and you have to think, we can do better than this. Wisconsin representative paul ryan unveiled a new antipoverty plan this week. Its called expanding opportunity in america, and it would fund
Amounts of money, then used some of it to relieve the worst affects of poverty. Some programs are dedicated to make people less likely to be poor. Others to making being poor less dangerous and degrading. Notably with the new deal and the great society, putting the federal government at the heart of programs to aid the poor set off big philosophical and practical debates. When washington sets the goals and makes the rules and disburses the money, does it deliver help where and when needed. For a long time republicans like representative ryan of wisconsin have answered no. This week the chairman of the House Budget Committee laid out a plan for a new model today on inside story a closer look. Deep poverty is near record highs. We take a step back and look at all of this, and you have to think, we can do better than this. Wisconsin representative paul ryan unveiled a new antipoverty plan this week. Its called expanding opportunity in america, and it would fundamentally change the federal
Government has amassed huge amounts of money, then used some of it to relieve the worst affects of poverty. Some programs are dedicated to make people less likely to be poor. Others to making being poor less dangerous and degrading. Notably with the new deal and the great society, putting the federal government at the heart of programs to aid the poor set off big philosophical and practical debates. When washington sets the goals and makes the rules and disburses the money, does it deliver help where and when needed. For a long time republicans like representative ryan of wisconsin have answered no. This week the chairman of the House Budget Committee laid out a plan for a new model today on inside story a closer look. Deep poverty is near record highs. We take a step back and look at all of this, and you have to think, we can do better than this. Wisconsin representative paul ryan unveiled a new antipoverty plan this week. Its called expanding opportunity in america, and it would fund
Thank you. Id like to join my colleagues. Its critically important that we have a dialogue that goes beyond money. For the past 40 years, the antipoverty expenditures, 15 trillion, 70 cents of every dollar spent on poor people goes not to the poor, but those who serve poor people. These professional providers ask which problems are fund bl. So we have created a commodity out of poor people where there are perverse incentives for maintaining people in poverty. We wonder why it expands. And so its important for us to recognize that this control has to change. But in addressing poverty, its important that we tend to make the mistake of generalizing about poor people. Not everybody is poor for the same reason. I identify four categories of pure people. Poor people. The first category are people just broke. [laughter] they lost their job or a breadwinner died or theres a temporary illness. But the persons character is in place, and for them they use welfare and assistance the way it was int