If I wanted to keep poor people poor, there are several government policies I would favor. Let's count them down. 1: An Expanding Welfare State For starters, I would advocate for ... Keep Reading
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Does Increased Welfare Spending Reduce Poverty?
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Fatherlessness and Poverty – An Undeniable Link
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Toxic Agenda: Poverty in North Carolina, Part 2
In Part 1 of Toxic Agenda: Poverty in North Carolina, we focused on the Left’s failed policies, and the increased toll they would take if the Left were to once again regain control ... Keep Reading
Toxic Agenda: Poverty in North Carolina, Part 1
The Left’s policies to fight poverty have failed Welfare programs subsidize poverty and create vicious poverty traps Over the last two-and-a-half decades, North Carolina has ... Keep Reading
UNC Law Professor: Declaration of Independence Should be Shredded
Gene Nichol, a law professor at UNC-Chapel Hill has a long history of economically-illiterate rants on poverty and income inequality, all in an effort to expand the welfare state ... Keep Reading
How the War on Poverty has Missed the Mark
We want to be wanted and we need to be needed. Call it the human condition or the need for dignity. Nearly all of us would agree that our lives feel fuller when we’ve done ... Keep Reading
Human Lab Rats: “Science” Being Used to Defend the Welfare State
Defenders of the broken and destructive welfare state are getting more desperate. Case in point, check out this frightening article in the N&O, entitled "The Science of Lifting ... Keep Reading
How the Welfare State Creates Poverty Traps
I've written in the past about how the Welfare State creates an incentive structure that encourages government dependence over additional work income. In short, it is often the ... Keep Reading
Gene Nichol’s Poverty Center: Making Poverty Worse?
Gene Nichol & Co. continue to plea their case to save the UNC Poverty Center from possible cuts of research centers being considered by the Board of Governors. A key component ... Keep Reading
