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Tom Eblen

Tom Eblen is the metro/state columnist for the Lexington, Ky., Herald-Leader. Reach him at [email protected].

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When Poverty Was the Enemy, Not the Poor

The poverty rate in the US would be 15 percent higher if not for the War on Poverty and government anti-poverty programs since 1967.

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