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Stock market from the great depression until now you tell me anything that is a betterñrñr investment, but instead another false promise, another false prom, another empty unfunded liability and wont take us anywhere. >> its a vote winner. heres what im doing for you. a poverty problem in america. $500 for every child born in this country. thats at least a start and relatively cheap to start with. what it would cost, four million babies a year, thats 2 bill. thats peanuts. >> you are buying vo...

>> thats because im a conservative. the eitc, theyre welfare programs, you send checks to poor people to make them somewhat less poor. i think it makes much more sense for workers to get a reasonable paycheck so the taxpayer doesnt have to make up the difference. and whats really outrageous is that marco rubio and a number of other prominent republicans are saying that the solution to americas poverty problem right now is more government welfare. thats not what the republican party advocated whe...

Poor people to make them somewhat less poor. i think it makes much more sense for workers to get a reasonable paycheck so the taxpayer doesnt have to make up the difference. and whats really outrageous is that marco rubio and a number of other prominent republicans are saying that the solution to americas poverty problem right now is more government welfare. thats not what the republican party advocated when i originally became a republican under ronald reagan. >> are you getting any traction wi...

Somewhat less poor. i think it makes much more sense for workers to get a reasonable paycheck so the taxpayer doesnt have to make up the difference. and whats really outrageous is that marco rubio and a number of other prominent republicans are saying that the solution to americas poverty problem right now is more government welfare. thats not what the republican party advocated when i originally became a republican under ronald reagan. >> are you getting any traction with fellow conservatives o...

Republicans talk about acknowledging we have a poverty problem in america. chris christie, is he on a bridge over troubled waters? stay with us. were right back. and the southbound bus barreling down i-95. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the worlds great stories. that began much the same way ours did. in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ ♪ n...

Thats hip hop. thats my man. and he came out and i just kind of -- grab and shake his hand and he was surrounded by security and i yelled and he smiled and just kept walking in and for me as a 17-year-old kid just to get as the doctor said, a twinkle in his eye, just a look, just a look was good enough for me and certainly inspired my work ever since. >> dr. barry, it sounds like michael could have been with you when you were there raising hell and would have been a great asset when you were the...

Good thing. >> the fast-food workers by the way want $15 an hour. want to add that as context. that is the argument though, if you give people higher minimum wage, they will have more disposable income, become more active consumers an better for us all. what do you think? >> i think number one we should acknowledge there is real problem in stagnant wage growth in very, very bad recovery and that is what people are feeling and that is what is behind this push but the trouble is, just doesnt solve...

Many other countries around the world. so it is at least deserving of understanding. and then as mayor landrieu said, we know there are many components to it. it is about education, about jobs, about literacy, about hunger, about poverty. we have a poverty problem in the united states. not an excuse, but part of an explanation for things that go on. >> the problem is its in the cycle then. you dont have the power to put these kids to work. you cant take everybody 18 to 25 in north philly and get...

1980. thats more people killed than all the wars. >> there is a cultural violence, i believe, in the united states of america. it is worthy of study and review and analysis to figure it out. as the president said in a clip you showed, there are things going on in the united states of america that are unheard of in many other countries around the world. so it is at least deserving of understanding. and then as mayor landrieu said, we know there are many components to it. it is about education, ab...

>> cant solve the problems because their problems are cultural. you have 3% of fourth graders reading at the national math standards, 47% of detroit residents are functionally illiterate. 79% of detroit children are born to unmarried mothers. they dont have a fiscal problem, steve, they have a cultural collapse. >> if we really want to solve the poverty problem, do we have to start emphasizing traditional values again, things like two parent households and a good education? lets see what the pan...