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008			120410s2012 nyu 000 0 eng
020			_a9781594036637 (pbk.)
020			_a9781594036644 (ebook)
035			_a17249038
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041			_aEng
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050	1	4	_aHV 95 _bW731d 2012
082	0	0	_a361.973 _223
100	1		_aWilliamson, Kevin D., _d1972-
245	1	4	_aThe dependency agenda / _cKevin D. Williamson.
250			_a1st American ed.
260			_aNew York : _bEncounter Books, _cc2012.
300			_a43 p. ; _c18 cm.
490	0		_aEncounter broadsides ; _vNo. 28
500			_aTitle from cover.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aFederal aid to public welfare _zUnited States.
650		0	_aWelfare state _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		4	_aEstado de bienestar _92557 _zEstados Unidos
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial policy.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xPolítica social _92558
830			_92549 _aEncounter broadsides
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