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Government Hasn't Solved Poverty Puzzle Yet
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As political leaders give two cheers on Tuesday for the 10th anniversary of the welfare reform law that helped draw many single mothers from dependency into the work force, though often leaving them still in poverty, social workers and researchers are raising concerns about families that have not made the transition and often lead extraordinarily precarious lives. (New York Times [1], Tuesday)
It might be time to study the causes of wealth instead of poverty.
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Casualties of the War on Poverty [2] by Bill Anderson
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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/us/22welfare.html?_r=1amp;oref=slogin
[2] Casualties of the War on Poverty: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=976
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