[Phillyred]

Exactly. America - as founded and designed- inherently was a war on poverty.

[driftless2]

I was reading something a while ago on the National Review website (can't remember the name of the writer), and he wrote about the age of the "robber barons." That period of time (1850-1900) supposedly represented the age of rapacious capitalists like the Gettys, the Vanderbilts, the Carnegies and other super rich white guys as a dark part of our history.

Actually, during that period, the average American made huge gains in their standard of living and wealth. Bigger gains than any other period of American history. But virtually every history class vilifies the wealth creators as inhuman beasts whose greed caused incredible hardships for the common people.