TRULY BELIEVABLE

PUT THIS IN YOUR DREAM PIPE AND SMOKE IT - FROM 1969 UNTIL 2004 THE POVERTY RATE IN THE UNITED STATES HAS REMAINED STEADY AT ABOUT 12%. BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LIKE STARS, HAVE FLASHED IN THE DISTANCE, NEVER SOLVING ANY PROBLEM OF POVERTY HERE ON EARTH. WHY HAS NOT THE CONCLUSION BEEN REACHED - SELF-EVIDENT THROUGH HISTORY - THAT THE "GREAT UNWASHED" WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US? AND THEY ARE NECESSARY TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION.

FROM 1969 UNTIL 2004, HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOMES 7 TIMES THE POVERTY LINE HAVE RISEN FROM 4% TO 18%. WOW! AGAIN, AN OBVIOUS CONCLUSION CAN BE REACHED THAT CONTRARY TO THE "DOOM AND GLOOM" NAYSAYERS, THE WATER IS RISING AND THE BOATS ALONG WITH IT!

YET THE LIBERAL DELUSIONISTS, THE LEFT-WING OBSTRUCTIONISTS, THE MINORITY WITH THE LOUDEST MOUTHINGS THAT ATTEMPT TO DICTATE TO THE ACQUIESCENT MAJORITY, STILL SPOUT THE SAME PARTY LINE. ONE EXAMPLE IS A WOMAN, LEFTOVER FROM THE JOHNSON ERA’S WAR ON POVERTY, WHO IS QUOTED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL'S ARTICLE OF THURS. JUNE 15TH. HER WORDS, WITH AN UNDERTONE OF REGRET WERE, "NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND WHAT WE STARTED."

THANK GOD THE CONSERVATIVE 'ENEMY' WAS ABLE TO WIN A FEW BATTLES AND ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC CAUSE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM 1969 TO 2004. LET THE STUDIES BE DISMISSED.