The most effective and historically bipartisan ways to reduce poverty is the earned-income tax credit.
Barack Obama: “The most effective and historically bipartisan ways to reduce poverty is the earned-income tax credit.”
On the recordMarch 3, 2014
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Remarks on the Federal Budget and an Exchange With Reporters
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