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President obama marked the 50th anniversary of lyndon johnsons war on poverty this week declaring that theres more work to be done. and using the occasion to push a domestic agenda that includes an extension of long-term jobless benefits, a minimum wage increase and a new government initiative to create economic promise zones. but some prominent conservatives are coming out with antipoverty plans of their own. and pushing back on the presidents government approach. >> the current government prog...

Focus on income inequality. theyre people driving this right now as part of their election year campaign theme. why now? >> i think a couple reasons. the obamacare rollout has been such a disaster. its what everyones talking about driving the presidents approval rating down. but this is sort of an evergreen for the left. income inequality, class warfare issues. they think it works for them. this is an effort to get back to something theyre comfortable discussing in an election year. >> heres one...

Inequality of theyre the people driving this as part of the election year campaign theme. why now? >> well, a couple reasons. i think obviously the obamacare rollout has been such a disaster. it is what everyone is talking about. it has been driving down the presidents approval rating so they want to change the subject. secondly this is sort of an evergreen for the left. income and equality, class warfare issues. they think it works for them. i think this is an effort theyre comfortable discussi...

Arin know vative ideas. what youre seeing is republicans saying, yes, we need a safety net for some of these programs. but some of the ideas are great. returning to the states control over how you administer a lot of these programs allowing for a lot more innovation, getting rid of some terrible things in the pass code like the earned income tax credit. these are not tweaks. these are important changes. and theyre overdue coming from the republican party. >> when, and i would say economic -- exc...