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Waiting for the State of the Union Address?
The New York Times on January 6th:
Does the US need another war on poverty ?
In his State of the Union address on Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson introduced his “war on poverty,” when the national poverty rate was 19 percent. His project created Medicare, Medicaid, a permanent food stamp program, Head Start, Volunteers in Service to America and the Job Corps.
Fifty years later, much has changed, but much remains the same — the national poverty rate still hovers around 15 percent. Does America need another war on poverty?
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/01/05/does-the-us-need-another-war-on-poverty
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