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This is a particularly interesting book and has a not-so-subtle political bias. However, unlike much
rhetoric surrounding debate regarding poverty in the U.S., this book is chock full of statistics and studies
and support for its propositions and assertions. In fact, the book is designed to be a reference when
debating people who succumb to the ever popular, but terribly inaccurate, perceptions of the poor as
overwhelmingly lazy, fradulent, drug-abusing, and opportunistic.
The book is an easy read and is very accessible. Despite the organization of the book for facilitating
quick reference, the book also reads well as a narrative. It was a restroom and nightcap book for me.
The book does a fantastic job of replacing fallacy with fact and debunking urban legends regarding
poverty. I've heard public debates regarding this book (that's why I bought it in the first place), and
I have not heard any effective, factually-supported rebuttal of the assertions made in this book. But then,
political conservatives have never let unfavorable facts stand in the way of their rhetoric.
Highly Recommended.
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