Answer: may discourage the poor from escaping poverty on their own.
Explanation:
Most people do not want to remain in poverty and this on its own will act as an incentive as it will push a poor person to find ways of escaping poverty.
Anti-poverty programs remove that incentive because the poor will be getting an income because they are poor.
There is a chance therefore, that this will not only rob them of the incentive to get out of poverty, but it will also give them an incentive to stay poor because if they cease to be poor, the program will no longer benefit them.
