The Poverty Hype

Walter Williams hits another one out of the park:

"Despite claims that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, poverty is nowhere near the problem it was yesteryear -- at least for those who want to work. Talk about the poor getting poorer tugs at the hearts of decent people and squares nicely with the agenda of big government advocates, but it doesn't square with the facts. "

http://www.townhall.com/opinion/column/walterwilliams/2006/01/04/180969.html