There are not more poor people now than there were in the 1960s. The only way to make this argument is to reference census data on incomes and hope that the rea

There are not more poor people now than there were in the 1960s. The only way to make this argument is to reference census data on incomes and hope that the reader doesn't realize that those data inexplicably exclude the overwhelming majority of wealth transfers, including Food Stamps, HUD, and even cash welfare programs (euphemistically referred to as "refundable tax credits"). The war on poverty has obliterated actual poverty, but the political incentives to pretend otherwise are too appealing to allow an honest accounting from either side.