What's so bad about being poor?

National Review | October 28, 1988| | Copyright

ONE OF THE great barriers to a discussion of poverty and social policy in the 1980s is that so few people who talk about poverty have ever been poor. The diminishing supply of the formerly poor in policy-making and policy-influencing positions is a side effect of progress. The number of poor households dropped dramatically from the beginning of World War II through the end of the 1960s. Despite this happy cause, however, it is a troubling phenomenon. From tbe beginning of American history through; at least the 1950s, the new generation moving into positions of influence ...

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