Dem Candidates Speaking About Poverty After Challenge From Faith Groups
US presidential candidates have begun speaking about poverty, and what they will do about it, in three-minute videos requested by a coalition of more than 100 faith groups that includes the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The group, called the Circle of Protection, was formed four years ago to protect programmes that assist the poor from budget cuts.
The videos included proposals and accomplishments ranging such as cutting taxes, changing domestic violence laws, raising the minimum wage, making higher education more affordable and strengthening private organizations so they can better meet the needs of poor people.
As of Tuesday, five Republicans and two Democrats had submitted videos. Republicans included former Florida Governor Jeb Bush; retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson; Senator Ted Cruz of Texas; Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett Packard CEO; and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Democratic candidates included former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
These videos, produced by the campaigns, are their response...Additional candidate videos will be added as they are received.
Hillary Clinton hasn't yet submitted a video, but I included these remarks of hers from a panel at the Center for American Progress Mar 23, 2015 where she discussed the need for a solution for the city divide between those "trapped in generational poverty."
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