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Woozle: Created page with "category:poverty {{hdr/myth|Attempts to fight poverty have never worked.}} ==Myth== ===Example=== * "The essential mistake that Barack Obama is making is that he believes..."

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Created page with "category:poverty {{hdr/myth|Attempts to fight poverty have never worked.}} ==Myth== ===Example=== * "The essential mistake that Barack Obama is making is that he believes..."

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[[category:poverty]]
{{hdr/myth|Attempts to fight poverty have never worked.}}
==Myth==
===Example===
* "The essential mistake that Barack Obama is making is that he believes Lyndon Johnson's Great Society entitlements can elevate the poor to prosperity. They can't. In 1965, the poverty rate in this country stood at 14 percent. Now, after untold trillions have been spent fighting poverty, the poverty rate is 14.3 percent. Amazing, is it not? The conclusion, America is bankrupting itself with an entitlement philosophy that does little." — [[Bill O'Reilly]]<ref name=pfact />
==Reality==
* "if you compare poverty rates in 1965 and 2007, the rate dropped by nearly five percentage points during that period, or by almost one-third."<ref name=pfact />

Also, many experiments in giving people money directly, with no requirements, have been quite successful and are generally more effective than traditional welfare. (See also Issuepedia: {{l/ip|guaranteed living income}})
==Footnotes==
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<ref name=pfact>'''2011-07-29''' [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/29/bill-oreilly/bill-oreilly-says-poverty-hasnt-budged-1965-despit/ Bill O'Reilly says poverty hasn't budged since 1965 despite 'trillions' spent]</ref>
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 * "The essential mistake that Barack Obama is making is that he believes Lyndon Johnson's Great Society entitlements can elevate the poor to prosperity. They can't. In 1965, the poverty rate in this country stood at 14 percent. Now, after untold trillions have been spent fighting poverty, the poverty rate is 14.3 percent. Amazing, is it not? The conclusion, America is bankrupting itself with an entitlement philosophy that does little." &mdash; [[Bill O'Reilly]]<ref name=pfact />
 ==Reality==
-* "if you compare poverty rates in 1965 and 2007, the rate dropped by nearly five percentage points during that period, or by almost one-third."<ref name=pfact />
+Some facts from Politifact<ref name=pfact />:
 Also, many experiments in giving people money directly, with no requirements, have been quite successful and are generally more effective than traditional welfare. (See also Issuepedia: {{l/ip|guaranteed living income}})