The politics of poverty Another two cents

  The politics of poverty Another two cents

The House Republican's released a 200 page report examining anti-poverty programs. The House Democrats immediately shot the report down and claimed that it was an attack on the poor. The article claims that the Democrats should take a more direct approach to dealing with poverty. The report, released by Republican Paul Ryan, attempted to show the benefits of examining 92 different anti-poverty programs and figuring out which are actually effective. The article is also critical of the overwhelming number of federal anti-poverty programs, saying that for someone recently unemployed trying to find which program best fits them can be quite the undertaking.

The article also talks about some programs seeming to be an act of liberalism. Too far-fetched of anti-poverty ideas can lead to wasted spending. Mr.Ryan praised Britain's Universal Credit, a plan to combine all anti-poverty policies into one. Mr.Ryan was also in approval of the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit to those without children. Ryan hopes that this expansion will help put more people to work. The article explains that many of these ideas against such diverse ways of fighting poverty have been being pushed by Republicans for a long time, however, they seem to have an idea of what they're talking about, and why it may be a good idea to more centralize government anti-poverty programs.