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>> this is money, this is cash families use on many, many occasions to purchase food. how can you -- >> martin, there's eight different food programs. none of this is touching any of them. >> sir, this is money that those families receive. in your state, it's up to $180 a month for a family of three. i am asking you this question. if there is a correlation between a child's academic performance and their food intake, why in god's name would you want to reduce that money by 30% in light of the fact that you want to see an improved academic performance? that makes no sense to any of us. >> no, y...

Than half of the people on welfare, actually do have to work as it is. and they will use to their advantage any additional waivers that they get because it's much easier to not have to make people work and to just give people their welfare checks, so, you know, i think it's a mistake to have additional waivers in the program. >> it seems like we're going in the wrong direction, a the lot of taxpayers would say, hey, you're using my taxpayer money to allow people on welfare to spend money on booze, spend money on cigarettes and lottery tickets. what should we do? >> well, i just saw on an ebt c...

Baines johnson declared a war on poverty in the united states. at that time, the poverty level was 19%. little did he know that almost 50 years and $15 trillion later, the united states would only have lowered that rate by 4%. so is it finally time to admit that maybe we're not fighting this poverty war the right way? joining us right now is the author of a new study that asks this, cato institute fellow michael tanner. >> great to be with you. >> great to have you. let's talk about the size of how much money we are throwing at poverty in this country. >> i think most people when they hear tal...