So the real question before us is whether we are looking to lift more people out of poverty, or are we more concerned with minimizing the cost of some of these programs in order to protect tax breaks for special interest and the very wealthy.
Van Hollen questions priorities between poverty alleviation and tax breaks for the wealthy.
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