Poverty and PowerDuring the 1980s the rich got richer while the poor got poorer. In 1981 alone, 70 percent of the $35 billion cut from the federal budget came from programs for the poor. Although the disparity in incomes has been widely reported, the efforts of antipoverty activists and groups combating the Reagan Bush agenda have largely been overlooked. Poverty and Power follows the rise, decline, and partial resurgence of poor Americans representation from the War