Bruce Poliquin on Welfare & Poverty

	Bruce Poliquin on Welfare & Poverty

War on Poverty has failed after spending $16 trillion

Promote jobs as best cure for poverty
Save welfare for those truly in need
Stop dependency that traps families in poverty.

Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared the War on Poverty in America. Since then, $16 trillion taxpayer dollars have been spent on welfare programs to eliminate those conditions. Today, however, 15% of Americans still live in poverty; there were 19% when the initiative began. By any objective measure, the well-intended War on Poverty has been a sad and expensive failure.

The American dream is not about becoming comfortable entrapped in big government welfare programs for our subsistence. Rather, it's to take advantage of our unique free market democracy to improve our lives, live independently, care for our families, and enjoy more happiness and freedom.

Source: 2014 Maine House campaign website, PoliquinForCongress.com , Nov 4, 2014

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