https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/28/what-i-learned-in-the-poverty-wars/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:13:23 -0400<![CDATA[It’s almost impossible to describe the excitement that we felt as we crafted plans for new entitlement programs with few budget constraints. The programs earmarked for federal funding offered health care, education and training, housing assistance, counseling, and other social services meant to prepare the poor for their new responsibilities. Inspired partly by our slain president, who had challenged us to ask what we could do for our country, and partly by our belief that the economic system needed to be humanized by compassionate social-justice policies, we believed that we were part of something great and good.]]>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:20:15 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/28/what-i-learned-in-the-poverty-wars-n98682