Safety net reduces poverty - now more than ever

LBJ and every Democrat since then was right: the safety net works. We have reduced poverty.

The facts show that we are right and the critics are wrong. Liberals should never apologize for policies that have saved millions of lives. 

We liberals should be proud! 

Study: U.S. poverty rate decreased over past half-century thanks to safety-net programs

By Zachary A. Goldfarb

December 10, 2013 | Washington Post

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