Senator Tim Scott: Putting a Face on Poverty

(October 24) – It’s no secret that the War on Poverty hasn’t been as successful as Americans had hoped it would be when President Lyndon Johnson first announced his federal anti-poverty effort, known as the Great Society. After five decades of fighting this war, and despite the consistent growth of myriad bureaucracies and programs intended to lift thousands out of destitution, we’ve seen next to no improvement in the condition of America’s poorest citizens.