The Williamson, Kevin D. 1972- creator text nyu New York Encounter Books c2012 2012 1st American ed. monographic eng Eng

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43 p. ; 18 cm. "Each year, the United States spends $65,000 per poor family to "fight poverty" in a country in which the average family income is just under $50,000. Meanwhile, most of that money goes to middle-class and upper-middle-class families, and the current U.S. poverty rate is higher than it was before the government began spending trillions of dollars on anti-poverty programs. In this eye-opening broadside, Kevin D. Williamson uncovers the hidden politics of the welfare state and documents the historical evidence that proves Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" was designed to do one thing: maximize the number of Americans dependent upon the government. The welfare state was never meant to eliminate privation; it was created to keep Democrats in power"-- Kevin D. Williamson. Title from cover. n-us--- Federal aid to public welfare United States Welfare state Political aspects United States Estado de bienestar Estados Unidos United States Social policy Estados Unidos Política social HV 95 W731d 2012 361.973 9781594036637 (pbk.) 9781594036644 (ebook) DLC 120410 20230410120813.0 spa