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Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, protecting our elderly against poverty and assuring young people of a more…

— Mark Foley

My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.

— Patrick J. Kennedy

“cross-national studies show that the U.S. poverty rate, which stands persistently above 12 percent, is not only the highest poverty rate of any advanced…

— Cal Jillson

Here's Williams' roadmap out of poverty: Complete high school; get a job, any kind of a job; get married before having children; and be…

— Walter E. Williams

The poverty rate among black married couples has been in single digits ever since 1994. You would never learn that from most of the…

— Thomas Sowell

As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would…

— Steve Israel

“Without Social Security, the official U.S. poverty rate among the aged would jump from 9 percent to nearly 50 percent—about the same rate as…

— David Cay Johnston

“In places where government priorities and market imperatives create a world so capricious that to help a neighbor is to risk your ability to…

— Katherine Boo

In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that…

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Poor people do not go on holiday; they go home.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or…

— Sheila Kamerman

Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate,…

— Edward Young