LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: help eradicate poverty

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i want to peer Congress move a brand new application into legislations to exchange the previous assist to households with based children software, which became handed below President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935 and abolished in 1996. Ever on account that the software's abolition, there has been a huge boost within the number of individuals (above all children) residing in intense poverty (that means dwelling on less than $2 per day) and deep poverty (which means at a level half that of the respectable poverty line).

This could be paid for with the aid of adopting a national wealth tax of 14.25 % on all individuals with a net price of $10 million and higher. It's precisely what now-President Trump proposed in 1999 earlier than he grew to become what I've at all times believed to be a faux conservative.

In return for receiving this information, all recipients could be liable for performing some class of volunteer work and/or job training.

STEWART B. EPSTEIN

Rochester, N.Y.

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