According to the U.S. Census, 14.3 percent of the population was poor in 2009, almost the exact same percentage as in 1966 when the War on Poverty started. But today’s poverty is far different than what poor Americans experienced in 1966. The Heritage Foundation’s Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield have just released a report documenting just some of the amenities and superior health outcomes today’s poor enjoy.

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