Rev. Jesse Jackson: No debate about the poor
Posted on AllSides September 22nd, 2012
From The Left
The Rev. Jesse Jackson expressed disappointment Wednesday that the presidential and vice presidential debates have so far ignored several key problems - including poverty and gun violence - facing the country.
“[In] each of three debates, [the candidates] spent an enormous amount of time arguing about reconciling 5 trillion dollars, a number so vast its incomprehensible, he said in an interview with POLITICO. “Theyre arguing about the 5 trillion dollars and the tax plan but not about the impact of foreclosed housing driving the middle class into poverty.
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