As the Economic Policy Institute illustrates, Social Security, the Earned Income Tax Credit, food stamps, housing subsidies — and many other items on the long list of safety net programs that Paul Ryan and Congressional Republicans has targeted for steep cuts in the past — kept millions of Americans out of poverty in 2012.
As the Economic Policy Institute illustrates, Social Security, the Earned Income Tax Credit, food stamps, housing subsidies — and many other items on the long list of safety net programs that Paul Ryan and Congressional Republicans has targeted for steep cuts in the past — kept millions of Americans out of poverty in 2012.