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That help the middle class and help the poor, we've seen that as we aspire in our society. >> they just don't know how to articulate it. >> i think they're spending too much time with the consultants and not enough time with people looking at people, and explaining to them why certain things work, why other things don't. we've had a war on poverty in the united states for 50 years. we spent $50 trillion on the war on poverty. poverty won, neil. don't you think it's time to switch the game plan a little? >> you look heartless when you say that? >> but i'm not heartless. i'm loving, i'm catholic...

Then the backlash started. by 1981, ronald reagan's government was fighting a war on the war on poverty." he's right. mocking and deriding and campaigning against programs to fight poverty was a big part of how ronald reagan got elected. and it was central to the whole idea of his presidency. in terms of domestic policy. >> my friends, some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty. and poverty won. >> poverty won. we lost. we should stop fighting. marco rubio surely wants to be seen as reagan-esque. right now he does have that same message. stop fighting. to get people out of ...

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