Democrats=Higher Poverty

One reason that I am a conservative and not a liberal is that I believe that conservative values, beliefs, and policies create a better world for everyone, including the poor. When you cut taxes, cut regulation, decrease the size of government in people's lives, encourage marriage and child-rearing, and protect the nation from threats from within and without, then everyone benefits. Not just the rich, not just corporations, not just the middle class- but everyone. Conservative policies benefit the poor, because when you unleash humanity on the problems of humanity, humanity wins. And to unleash humanity, you have to remove the chains and bonds and control over us- you have to let humans be free from government influence, to live a life of life, liberty, and property so that happiness will be available for all.

So it is with great sadness and at times anger when I see liberal policies enacted, because I know the result of those policies will be greater unemployment, greater breakdown in morals in society, greater exposure to threats from abroad, and greater poverty. The unemployment numbers have been well-document (see my post Democrats in Congress= High Unemployment). I've discussed how liberal policies have resulted in the expansion of possible threats from abroad (see my post Why Iran Getting the Bomb is Bad: The End of International Law and Decency?). And so it is with sadness and a touch of anger that I now note that liberal policies have now resulted in a dramatic expansion of the number of people in this nation who are considered living in poverty.

Under liberal policies, pushed by Democrats in state and nation government, the poverty rate in America has increased from around 12% in 2006 to 13% in 2008 to 15% in 2010 (see the graph here and the latest AP report on Census Bureau data to be released):

The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led to the national war on poverty. ...

It's unfortunate timing for Obama and his party just seven weeks before important elections when control of Congress is at stake. The anticipated poverty rate increase--from 13.2 percent to about 15 percent--would be another blow to Democrats struggling to persuade voters to keep them in power.

In summary, as Democrats increase in power, especially liberal Democrats, the poverty rate increases and more people live in poverty. Wrap your minds around that, oh puny humans- Democrats=Higher Poverty