“We tried to provide more for the poor and produced more poor instead. We tried to remove the barriers to escape poverty, and inadvertently built a trap.” PoorPovertyBuiltRemoveBarriersTraps Book:Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980 Source: Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980
“The most troubling aspect of social policy towards the poor in late 20th century America is or how much it costs, but what it has bought.” AmericaSocialPoorCenturyPolicyCostLateAspect20th CenturySocial Policy Author:Charles A. Murray