White House says U.S. has won war on poverty, calls for more work rules for welfare recipients
“The White House said Thursday that America has ‘largely’ won its war on poverty, as the administration called for expanded work requirements for people receiving Medicaid, food stamps and other forms of welfare. The Council of Economic Advisers said in a report that the vast majority of people in the U.S. have enough to eat, that homelessness is ‘rare,’ and the U.S. economy is surging, with unemployment near a record low of 4 percent.”