Myths About Poverty

The Mother Jones article, "10 Poverty Myths, Busted" gives these examples of erroneous thinking about poverty in the USA:

Single moms are the problem.  "Only 9 percent of low-income, urban moms have been single throughout their child's first five years.  Thirty-five percent were married to, or in a relationship with, the child's father for that entire time.

Absent dads are the problem.  "Sixty percent of low-income dads see at least one of their children daily.  Another 16 percent see their children weekly."

Handouts are bankrupting us.  "In 2012, total welfare funding was 0.47 percent of the federal budget."

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