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The article begins with Bryce Covert saying that Trumps administration wants the people to believe that poverty doesn’t exist within the US.

Bryce Covert then goes on about how wrong the statement said by Nikki Haley regarding poverty studies being a waste of time, and patently ridiculous, and then President Donald Trump’s 66-page report stating that poverty is not a real problem within the US.

Bryce Covert believes that the anti-poverty programs, suggesting that people aren’t poor, but just too lazy to work, so they have to be forced to work, aren’t going to lower the poverty, but actually increase further.

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Furthermore, Bryce Covert conjointly argues that Trumps administration view on poverty is being predicated on a faulty method of measuring poverty, which has been proven being ineffective.

Different measure which are proven to be more effective have indicated that the poverty is much higher in the Us than what the studies by Trumps administration proves.

Lastly Bryce Covert believes that the poor people living in the US will have a harder time getting by than they already have, if they won’t have access to food stamps and Medicaid anymore.

The title of the article “The Trump Administration Says Poverty Is Over. They’re Lying.” Is pretty straightforward, it indicates that this article will be about the Trump administration’s views on poverty.

Furthermore, the title is also implying that the Trumps administration is lying to the people of the US, which makes the readers curious about the article and therefore they will hopefully read it, so they can understand why the writer has put out an article with such a bold title.

The main focus points of the article by Bryce Covert is: Trump administration’s stance on poverty, the real size of poverty in the Us, and the effects of work requirement on the people receiving welfare.