Democrat and Republican viewpoints on poverty, causes, cures, and people experiencing it could not be further apart. Remember Mitt Romney's infamous words describing the 47% who are "Victims, who believe that government has the responsibility to take care for them." He said out loud what many GOP believe. Now they are having a war on poverty to fix poverty. The plan: Block grants. Yes. Give the money to the Governors and let them decide who gets what. I'm not making this up!
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/the-republicans-inside-out-approach-to-poverty/282943/ So basically, Republicans blame the victims and see any Federal programs designed to help people as tools to keep them in poverty and beholden to the Democrats. They think we want to keep people in poverty so they will vote for Democrats who will in turn keep the social programs alive.
What do Democrats want to do? The plan is laid out in black and white at the Whitehouse.gov website:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/poverty/ Besides the SNAP program which provides assistance in buying food for needy people, the Democratic plan provides for job training and tax breaks for working families. If you think these ideas are worth investing in with your tax dollars, then why not contact your representatives in Congress and let them know how you want them to spend your money? Senate.gov House.gov They make it easy to find them and contact them.
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