The Des Moines Register, January 27, 2016: (Editorial) Where’s the political debate over childhood poverty?
“If you were to listen only to the politicians running for president, you might not think the war on poverty is a pressing issue in America today. But last summer, just as the campaign was beginning to heat up, the Gallup organization asked Americans to rate their satisfaction with the federal government’s efforts on 20 different issues facing the country. Poverty was the area of greatest dissatisfaction, with only 16 percent of respondents saying they were content with government’s efforts to address the problem. The economy and immigration came in a distant second and third.”