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We already won the War on Poverty

By Tim Worstall
Published March 24, 2019 4:00am ET
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We already won the War on Poverty
The War on Poverty worked. Contrary to President Reagan’s joke about it, it wasn’t poverty that won. What we called poverty back in 1963 when we started on the adventure pretty much doesn’t exist in the United States today. So, yes, we got rid of it, abolished it. We won, not poverty. This is not […]

The War on Poverty worked. Contrary to President Reagan’s joke about it, it wasn’t poverty that won.

What we called poverty back in 1963 when we started on the adventure pretty much doesn’t exist in the United States today. So, yes, we got rid of it, abolished it. We won, not poverty.

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