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July 24, 2018
Title: Fake News: The US is in Extreme Poverty
Topic: Fake UN News
Discussed by Robert Rector
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)
A recent UN report claimed the following statement is true of the
American population: “About 40 million live in poverty, 18.5 million in
extreme poverty, and 5.3 million live in third-world conditions of absolute
poverty.”
But, is this true or more fake news from the biased, Liberal media?
Robert Rector is a Senior Research Fellow for Domestic Policy Studies at the
Institute for Family, Community, and Opportunity at the Heritage Foundation.
Listen as Robert shares the facts.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is the above statement true?
What is the definition of “extreme poverty”? Do 5.3 million Americans
really experience those horrible, drastic conditions?
How much money does the United States government give to people and families
through food stamps, welfare, and other programs?
Listen as Robert Rector breaks down the numbers to show the truth… In fact, he
says “these numbers are complete nonsense.”
Why is the US commissioner pulling funding from this UN committee?
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October 17, 2016
Title: What is Poverty in America? Would You Agree That Someone Who Has An A/C, TV, and an Xbox, may not be Living in Poverty?
Topic: Poverty
Discussed by Robert Rector
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)
When Americans think of poverty, we tend to picture people who can’t adequately shelter, clothe and feed themselves or their families.
The Census Bureau defines about 40 million Americans as poor. But let’s look at
many of those 40 million called poor. How do they live today?
Many have cable TV, air conditioning, and their kids have an Xbox. They also
have a roof over their heads, they have a washing machine and dryer and a
refrigerator.
There are those that are temporarily homeless, or have the electricity turned
off, but there are NOT 40 million Americans living that way. Many who are
homeless choose to live on the street because of their mental illness or their
addictions. More government spending is not the solution.
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February 24, 2015
Title: Welfare is Corrupting the Institute of Marriage
Topic: Marriage and the Family
Discussed by Robert Rector
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)
Part 1 of 2
Has the War on
Poverty become the War on the Family? We reward those who don’t
get married. We reward those without a job. We reward those whose spouses or
parents of their children are incarcerated.
Robert Rector has been studying poverty and the break-up of the family for
nearly three decades and is a leading authority on the subject. Robert says, “Marriage
is dead in nearly half the population… When Johnson launched his War on Poverty,
only six percent of children were born out of wedlock. Today, that number has
risen to 75-80% in low-income areas.” Race doesn’t matter. Marriage is
being wiped out across the board by the Welfare State.
Listen in as Robert offers some insight on what must be done to deter young
girls from having sex and having babies out of wedlock.
FACT: Last year alone, the US government spent $920 billion on 80
different anti-poverty programs. $920 BILLION.
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Welfare is Corrupting the Institute of Marriage
Topic: Marriage and the Family
Discussed by Robert Rector
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)
Our government continues to
reward those on welfare with free this and free that. There is zero incentive to
get married. There is zero incentive to graduate from high school and go on to
college. There is zero incentive to find a job.
Robert Rector continues to discuss raising children in a single-parent household
as compared to a two-parent household. Not only will children with two parents
do better in school, they are less likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol;
girls are less likely to become pregnant out of wedlock; boys are less likely to
commit crime and become incarcerated; they are more likely go to college and get
a good-paying job.
One way to reduce the amount of money being wasted every year on anti-poverty
programs is to clean up fraud within the IRS, specifically the Earned Income Tax
Credit. Listen in as Robert explains, that while the EITC does help single moms,
it harms married couples more. Fraud, however, within the system is rampant and
getting more out of control every year.
You can find more from Robert Rector [here].
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July 26, 2011
Title: What is Poverty in America? Would You Agree That Someone Who Has An A/C, TV, and an Xbox, may not be Living in Poverty?
Topic: Poverty
Discussed by Robert Rector
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)
When Americans think of poverty, we tend to picture people who can’t
adequately shelter, clothe and feed themselves or their families.
The Census Bureau defines about 40 million Americans as poor. But let’s look at
many of those 40 million called poor. How do they live today?
Many have cable TV, air conditioning, and their kids have an Xbox. They also
have a roof over their heads, the have a washing machine and dryer and a
refrigerator.
There are those that are temporarily homeless, or have the electricity turned
off, but there are NOT 40 million Americans living that way. Many who are
homeless choose to live on the street because of their mental illness or their
addictions. More government spending is not the solution.
More from this Guest More on this Topic More from this Organization