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To: Lane3 who wrote (15557)	4/4/2006 3:58:12 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 541604

"The conservative case against a relative-poverty line asserts that since some people will always earn less than others the relative-poverty rate will never go down. I'm not sure that this is a common argument from conservatives. Many of the more libertarian conservatives (and also many libertarians with no particular conservative connection/identity) might argue that the level of absolute poverty might be more important than relative poverty. They might argue that the poor can become much better off without attempts at redistribution ("raising taxes on the rich" and then using the money for social programs) or heavy government intervention in the labor market ("increasing the minimum wage"). The New Yorker article would seem to support that idea" an inflation adjusted increase of 9% is a real increase even if the middle class and the rich did better. They might also argue that serious attempts at decreasing relative poverty might lower overall economic growth and slow or reverse the success and decreasing absolute poverty. But I haven't seen too many people (conservatives or anyone else) arguing that relative poverty rates can never go down. Tim

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