Cecil Raymond Lowe, 79, of Burlington died Monday, August 25, 2014
Richard Duane “R.D.” Dowell, 69, Burlington, died Monday, August 25, 2014
Gertrude Edith (Johnson) Dunham, 87, Burlington, died Monday, August 25, 2014
Barbara Carol Stout, 82, Burlington, died Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Barbara Jean Trautman, 76, Burlington, Wednesday, August 27, 2014
The U.S. government has spent trillions of dollars in recent decades attempting to combat poverty, yet the poverty rate has remained virtually unmoved. Why? As social economist Michael Tanner explains, the “War on Poverty” has both discouraged work and ensnared people in hardship. The “War on Poverty,” it turns out, is actually a “War on Work.” In five minutes, learn the truth about government’s counterproductive efforts to eliminate poverty.