Poverty-alleviation programs like food stamps (SNAP), Social Security, and other "welfare" programs are broadly effective at reducing poverty, a new study from University of Chicago researchers found.
The study, performed by researchers Bruce Meyer and Derek Wu, conducted a more comprehensive analysis than most studies, because it used administrative data from the programs' payment records, not just survey data of recipients from the Census Bureau.
[...] For the elderly, Wu said the research found that Social Security benefits "single-handedly slashes poverty by 75%." Social Security's overall effect on all poverty is also enormous, responsible for by far the largest poverty reduction among all these programs, the study said.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday May 30 2018, @06:24AM
I'm with you on that: we need a reboot of the civilian conservation corps. Heaven knows our infrastructure needs massive refactoring. The solution is obvious. This won't be implemented because the greedheads WANT the US decaying...
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