New proof that poverty is a policy choice

The richest nation in the history of the world has chosen to impoverish millions of our children

Friends,

Poverty is a policy choice. Congress has chosen to have a significant percentage of our population impoverished, including — especially — our nation’s children.

There is no law of nature or principle of economics or constitutional provision that dictates such a high number of people in poverty within the richest nation in the history of the worl…