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Originally Posted by JohnnyClips
Poverty was going to zero until the welfare state was implemented. Of course, if you have no poor people then you don't need a government so the government wants lots of poor people
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When exactly was this poverty rate going to zero? According the census the poverty rate in the US has between 12%-16% (with some dips up occasionally) since 1959. So was this near zero poverty rate before 1959?