Libertarian War on Poverty -- Repairing the Ladder of Upward Mobility by Daniel K. Robin In Deuteronomy, God voices the hope that there may be no more poor while paradoxically stating that the poor will never cease from the land. The answer to this biblical riddle is: poverty is transitory. Most people move in and out of poverty, experiencing financial peaks and valleys much like every other facet of life. Getting out of poverty is never easy. The impediments created by our own laws make the process vastly more difficult. We must have respect for the dignity of each individual to make the...