http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/12/10/fox-news-needs-to-read-this-new-study-on-povert/197216
A new study reveals how successful government safety net programs are at keeping people out of poverty, delivering an additional blow to the Fox News myth that government assistance cannot improve the lives of low-income individuals.According to The Washington Post, researchers Christopher Wimer and Liana Fox of the Columbia Population Research Center found that from 1967 to 2012, the safety net reduced the poverty rate from 26 to 16 percent.Official poverty measures did not take government programs used by low-income Americans into account before 2010, often giving the appearance that poverty rates have remained unchanged over the past 50 years. Wimer and Fox adjusted poverty rates going back to 1967 to take into account additional costs and the effect of safety net programs, revealing the 10-point drop in poverty.Previous research by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggested that government programs reduce the official poverty rate, but Wimer and Fox found that the safety net has an even greater effect in reducing poverty.
it's easy to deny help and even consideration when you say it does not exist, it alleviates any responsibility that might otherwise be addressed and possibly remedied, but that is not the republican concern theirs is convincing you it's not true thereby the fault is in your court and in their plan fair game.
n a discussion on The O'Reilly Factor, Fox Business' John Stossel recently railed against anti-poverty programs, claiming that government makes poverty "worse with these government programs" and that "we should get rid of most of government and allow poor people to become rich."Indeed, the belief that government assistance cannot help low-income individuals is somewhat of a theme in the right-wing media, with figures continually questioning the efficacy of safety net programs.The study also found that absent government safety net programs, 29 percent of Americans would be in poverty today -- an increase since 1967. These findings show that while the economy has grown tremendously in the past few decades, the gains have not reached those at the bottom.
these are facts but as you read the republicans are still trying to convince those who are under informed that is not the case "those people are lazy and want things and Pres. will give it to them" that btw is the same lie rebuked, they used to explain their lost in 2012.
never their problem or their fault they are just trying to help you out of what if it doesn't exist what are they saving and protecting you from, them???
this is the 2014 republican theme song
