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You claim that essentially all of this money that the government has thrown at poverty programs in this country isn't working. >> it's not just the claim. i looked at the evidence. poverty was lower in 1966 than it was in 2012. after 50 years of great society programs trillions of dollars. >> $20 trillion or so. >> what i argue in the book is blacks must help themselves the way other groups have. they have to develop the types of behaviors and attitudes and traits that other groups who rose in this country had to develop and to the extent that a government program, however well intentioned, ge...

We have to preserve these for your generation, but it's a political statement in the sense that it's trying to preserve these benefits for the baby boomers. and perhaps it does it at the expense of the poverty programs. >> so you find this consistent though with his focus on the poor. >> i would remind you of this. we have increased spending on the poor from 1980s, 1990s to close to $20,000 today. i think one thing people would have to scratch their head and say what have we achieved with that? we have certainly soothed material needs, but have we gotten higher graduation rates, an environment...

Context is the republican party is desperately trying to do better. you could see with this kind of receipt ricks, and he apologized for it, said this is not what he mend, but you can see it's one of the obstacles that republicans have, particularly when they're trying to touch some of these poverty programs that are so ingrained in american society. >> absolutely. when we're seeing some of the cuts that are proposed, and opponents of those cuts say they hurt the poorest among us. what do you believe is the strategy moving forward for the republicans, particularly if paul ryan is going to be o...

Poverty report cited he misrepresented their research. if republicans want to get serious about fighting poverty, that's great. but i'm not going to hold my breath. joining me now are congressman emanuel cleaver, democrat of missouri, and sister simone campbell, the executive director of the catholic social justice organization network. thank you both for being here. >> good to be with you, reverend. >> glad to be here. >> congressman, what is your reaction to paul ryan's report on poverty? >> well, you know, i'm pleased that chairman ryan wanted to get an assessment of the poverty programs. i...

Generations without leaving them a mountain of debt. >> budget also did he vote money for highways and roadways. >> republicans have a different view on spending priorities and debt. what are they saying? >> john boehner calling it perhaps the president's most irresponsible budget ever. paul ryan says it isn't a serious document, it is a campaign brochure. ryan is working on a budget of his own which is expected to take a look at poverty programs noting some work, others don't. as for the president's blueprint, the top republican on the senate budget committee blasted it. >> this budget will n...