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To: John Carragher who wrote (3453)	10/23/2006 4:38:03 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10087

If its difficult and if low income people usually don't itemize that would mean they don't get the deduction, which would make it even less an example of a successful war on poverty program. I'm not dwelling on this one piece the only reason I mentioned it was that you mentioned more people owning homes as an example of how the war on poverty has done well. What is and isn't part of the "war on poverty" isn't exactly engraved in stone, but generally programs targeted at the poor are considered part of the war on poverty, while other programs are not. For example food stamps would be part, but social security retirement benefits wouldn't be, even if they do help pull some people out of poverty.