Poverty and rights

We need a  serious means to further that war on poverty that that amongst our greatest presidents, LBJ, started! Pres. Nixon started the Earned Income Tax Credit-Dr. Milton Friedman's, libertarian,  to help the poor. Even Pres. Reagan favored it, as a means to get rid of other programs. It  cannot be a stand alone as that still would not help the  poor.
 We should raise the minimum raise, if not go for the living raise should that be feasible!
   I'll add more suggestions from a site next.
Why should Scandinavia rank ahead of us? Forget that homogeneity and small-country stuff. The states can also help.