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Stossel: Government Creates Poverty
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FBN’s John Stossel breaks down what it means to be poor in America.
- Duration 3:01
- Date May 24, 2012
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People who are defined as full law now and -- Smartphones HDTV.
Self what exactly does it mean to be -- John Stossel is here.
Look at what exactly does that mean do what the government has this major of what poverty is but it doesn't include.
The free stuff people get the transfers the free housing.
That food stamps to bring us health care -- -- is that trip that's right really on the poverty level so you'd you'd define public today.
But you don't include all the stuff that you get from within its food stamps sold rental assistance all he had been flying seems full medical -- good for many reasons but my point was just to say.
Poor people live a life in America.
It's better than how most people live we're still live in much of the world today.
And as you say they have stopped they have refrigerators.
TVs air conditioning more than most have more than one TV.
In it doesn't mean that they have an easy life but this idea that the rich are getting richer and the poor doing worst is not true.
The poor are doing better to materially -- important the material -- -- 20% more money since I was in college it has not been steady it's been up and down but on average 20% higher adjusted for inflation and you're saying this in public you you're gonna say -- on your show launcher.
Yes I asked the question become unforgivable to -- I it is well look what happened to me.
-- said the same thing 99%.
Of the -- have a refrigerator a -- look what happened to me on the Jon Stewart show Roland.
99% don't know how -- refrigerate.
Not really 9% to have moved regulators.
-- Well look that's funny okay I'll laugh out loud about but of course the nice taking my point and and running away with -- in the opposite direction and -- point two.
And why -- -- laugh out loud what they're basically saying is that there's sneering oh this can't possibly be true these -- these evil Fox Business types.
Who hate you know -- that that's what that's what that's saying.
That I'm pointing out that the poll how these physical things that -- then not asked pour as we think they law.
And they don't fit my definition of what -- full a look at they nasty guy for saying it that's what that laugh again.
Right and it contradicts the message -- they are comfortable with that fits the narrative that government asked the Russian.
Because the poor are doing worse all the time the government has to help -- government in fact creates poverty.
After the war and poverty began the poverty rate dropped sharply for five years in -- stopped.
We -- people to be dependent if you look at the graph from before the war on poverty people we're lifting themselves out of property.
We improved it for five years and then stop the progress.
-- also back is the nature of your show tonight isn't it that's what -- rich man but -- -- Rich man Pullman the rich are getting richer and so the -- off right yes -- -- we'll see you what time 9 o'clock -- night on fox got it.
