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Jim McDermott: So with our own economy, we haven't done anything about poverty in this country. Poverty is about where it was.

On the recordJune 12, 2013
So with our own economy, we haven't done anything about poverty in this country. Poverty is about where it was.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott highlights the stagnation of poverty levels despite economic changes.

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