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Home | AMERICA | Unprecedented Poverty Not Addressed in Presidential Election

Unprecedented Poverty Not Addressed in Presidential Election

November 5, 2012 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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War on poverty? Why presidential campaigns don’t talk about the poor.

Poverty Not Addressed in Presidential Election:
A presidential campaign, it would seem, is not the best time to have a comprehensive debate about poverty in America.   During the primary season, Republican candidate Newt Gingrich called President Obama the “food-stamp president.” It was not a compliment.   Mitt Romney later told CNN:

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