On his radio show Rush Limbaugh, made a dramatic and innovative proposal.

We must tax the poor. This is not hardhearted and mean. It is axiomatic that if you subsidize an activity or condition you get more of it; if you tax it you get less of it. Obviously, we want to eliminate poverty, and there is the one method that has never been tried: tax it.

The poor represent a promising new revenue stream. More money to the Treasury, and the lessening of poverty at the same time.