{"id":9099,"date":"2012-12-30T16:53:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T16:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2012\/12\/30\/work-not-welfare-uplifts-the-poor\/"},"modified":"2012-12-30T16:53:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T16:53:55","slug":"work-not-welfare-uplifts-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2012\/12\/30\/work-not-welfare-uplifts-the-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Work, Not Welfare, Uplifts the Poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Our aptly appellated (by Newt Gingrich) &#39;food stamp president&#39; really ought to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/2012\/22_4_poverty.html\" target=\"_self\">this excellent piece <\/a>by Peter Cove.&#0160;<\/span> <\/p>\n<fieldset class=\"zemanta-related\">\n<legend class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/legend>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0px; 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