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Are We Helping Poor Americans?
 | By Heritage Foundation Jennifer Marshall (Bio and Archives) Monday, December 31, 2012 Comments | Print friendly | Subscribe | Email Us |
At the end of the year, many people take time to make charitable donations. But caring for those in need is a year-round responsibility—and when it comes to public policy, conservatives have an important opportunity to articulate an effective response to poverty and social breakdown in America.
A half-century into the War on Poverty, liberals can hardly declare victory. But they can claim the dominant anti-poverty narrative: Fight poverty by spending more, by starting another federal program.
Americans seldom look to conservatives for policy answers to the problems of poverty.
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