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Report. president obama marked the 50th anniversary of lyndon johnson's war on poverty this week declaring there is more work to be done. 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. some prominent conservatives are coming out with anti-poverty plans of their own. and pushing back on the president's government approach. >> the current government programs that are designed to address poverty, they help alleviate some of the pain of poverty but they ...

That unemployment, when it's above 6.5%, there are going to be automatic extensions. not anymore money, just automatic extensions. until we work to get that unemployment rate down. second thing they've got to do, they need to pass a federal minimum wage increase, and that is going to happen. they're going to put it up you in legislation after the 1st of the year. they're talking about $10.10 an hour, which would be a real help to the economy. and the third thing they need to do, protect the s.n.a.p. program and stop all of these cuts when it comes to food stamps. believe me, the poor people in...

The money do dominate legislation. do you remember, dylan, back in 2008 when senator kennedy steered a minimum wage increase through the congress, we got the minimum wage increase, they didn't think we could get it, because president bush was president, but there were amendments put in by the special interests. congressmen put in amendments for the special interests that cost us $8.3 million in tax breaks, mostly for corporate and special interests. that's what's wrong with washington. >> let's be clear about something else. i was talking with david stockman yesterday from the reagan administr...