Beck: “We have been sold a lie” that “the poor in America” are suffering Written by Media Matters Staff Published 11/30/10 6:13 PM EST From the November 30 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck: Video file Previously: Beck absurdly claims that alternative poverty measurement would classify him as poor Multimillionaire Beck wonders if people who “pay nothing” in income taxes should “serve in the military” Inspired by Ben Franklin, Beck says “Uncle Sam ... should be in prison” for govt measures aimed at reducing poverty