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Joe Biden on Welfare & Poverty
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| Democratic President; former V.P.; former Senator |
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- Build 2 million new housing units; make sure we cap rents. (Jun 2024)
- $400/month tax credit for new home buyers for next 2 years. (Mar 2024)
- $880M for SNAP food stamps; let's increase to $3B. (Mar 2021)
- $20 billion for moratorium on evictions and foreclosures. (Mar 2021)
- Expand the earned income tax credit. (Mar 2021)
- Equalize home tax rates for red-lined minority neighborhoods. (Oct 2020)
- Help minorities buy homes, start businesses, amass wealth. (Aug 2020)
- I fought red-lining and now I fight race-based home pricing. (Feb 2020)
- I first got involved in politics to fight red-lining. (Feb 2020)
- 2005 Bankruptcy bill was flawed, but my input made it better. (May 2019)
- Defining issue as Obama VP: restoring the middle class. (Nov 2017)
- Middle class makes us strong, give hope to poor. (Jul 2016)
- Americans don't want handouts, just to be given a chance. (Sep 2014)
- It's not "culture of dependency"; it's acquiring skills. (Sep 2012)
- No faith-based initiative; it ain't broke, so don't fix it. (Oct 2007)
- We're no longer certain our kids will be better off than us. (Feb 2007)
Voting Record
- Gave up on $15 minimum wage in Congressional bills. (Mar 2021)
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Chris Christie on Welfare & Poverty
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| N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate |
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- Food stamps recipients must be in job training programs. (Mar 2016)
- 12-point entitlement reform plan, including benefit cuts. (Aug 2015)
- Focus on income inequality drives America toward mediocrity. (Feb 2014)
- 1996: Working poor hurt by limits on childcare subsidies. (Jun 2012)
- $100 supplement for seniors' home cooling assistance. (Aug 2011)
- Urban Fund and NJ Enterprise Zones don't work. (Jul 2009)
- Gut COAH, the Council on Affordable Housing. (May 2009)
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Ron DeSantis on Welfare & Poverty
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| Republican presidential contender; FL governor |
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- Inflation caused by borrowing by both parties. (Dec 2023)
- We believe in work; hence lowest welfare & unemployment. (Sep 2023)
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Nikki Haley on Welfare & Poverty
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| Republican presidential contender; UN Ambassador 2017-2018 |
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- Homelessness is shameful, and it's not their fault. (Jan 2024)
- Younger people can't get mortgages because of Fed actions. (Dec 2023)
- Trade welfare check for dignity of paycheck. (Jan 2014)
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Kamala Harris on Welfare & Poverty
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| Democratic nominee;Vice President; former California Senator |
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- America is a champion of sovereignty & territorial integrity. (Oct 2024)
- First-ever federal ban on corporate price gouging on food. (Sep 2024)
- Build 3m new homes; $25,000 downpayment credits. (Aug 2024)
- $5.5B in grants for homeownership and renter protections. (May 2024)
- $185 million to remove barriers to affordable housing . (Feb 2024)
- Use the tax code to alleviate homelessness. (Oct 2019)
- Massively expand the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit). (Jul 2019)
- Subsidies for Affordable Housing renters and homeowners. (Jul 2019)
- LIFT Act and Rent Relief: $42 billion to people in poverty. (Jan 2019)
- Homeowner Bill of Rights: no foreclosure during negotiations. (Jul 2012)
- Tenants not named in foreclosure can stop eviction process. (Jul 2012)
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Howie Hawkins on Welfare & Poverty
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| Green Party Presidential Challenger |
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- Build affordable housing & universal rent control. (May 2019)
- Reintegrate urban amenities, like walkable mixed-use cities. (May 2019)
- Reparations and Green New Deal to close racial income gap. (Apr 2019)
- Expand public works to guarantee an adequate income. (Oct 2006)
- Repeal Taft- Hartley. (Jul 2006)
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Will Hurd on Welfare & Poverty
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| U.S. Rep; GOP presidential challenger (withdrew Oct.2023) |
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Bernie Sanders on Welfare & Poverty
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| Independent Senator (VT) amd former Presidential candidate |
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- National rent control an appropriate tool. (Feb 2020)
- No time limit for welfare, but guaranteed job program. (Feb 2020)
- Whites should not do so much better than blacks. (Feb 2020)
- Deal with 500,000 people sleeping on streets, AND Trump. (Nov 2019)
- U.S. is wealthy, but have highest child poverty rate. (Sep 2019)
- Focus big time on rebuilding distressed communities. (Jul 2019)
- 1963: College volunteer at Israeli kibbutz. (Jul 2019)
- 1980s USSR housing worse than U.S.'s, but they pay only 5%. (May 2019)
- Would sign reparations bill; wants investment in poor areas. (Apr 2019)
- Every American is entitled to minimum standard of living. (Apr 2019)
- 2014: Every American entitled to minimum standard of living. (Apr 2019)
- Sanders supports economic help for blacks, not reparations. (Mar 2019)
- Puerto Rico nearly bankrupt after Great Recession. (Oct 2017)
- Welfare to low-wage workers subsidizes profitable companies. (Aug 2017)
- Burlington Community Land Trust for affordable housing. (Nov 2016)
- Grotesque inequality is unsustainable and immoral. (Nov 2016)
- Senior poverty AND childhood poverty are increasing. (Nov 2016)
- We should not lead the world in childhood poverty. (Oct 2015)
- Economic inequality & institutional racism exist in parallel. (Sep 2015)
- Advocate for social benefits of public assistance programs. (Sep 2015)
- 3.5 million Americans homeless is unacceptable. (Sep 2015)
- All religions call usury immoral: apply that to credit cards. (Dec 2010)
- Predatory lending practices caused 2008 recession. (Oct 2008)
- Economic insecurity is pivotal in how one lives one's life. (Jun 1997)
- Land Trust: affordable housing by resale below market rates. (Jun 1997)
- Opposed cutting food stamps. (Jun 1997)
- U.S. has highest income inequality in industrialized world. (Jun 1997)
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Tim Scott on Welfare & Poverty
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| Republican presidential challenger; SC Senator |
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- If you're able-bodied in America, you work. (Aug 2023)
- Opportunity Zones in 9,000 neglected neighborhoods. (Feb 2020)
- I flunked Civics & English but thought my way out of poverty. (Mar 2014)
- Conservative values based on "think your way out of poverty". (Apr 2013)
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Jill Stein on Welfare & Poverty
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| Green Challenger |
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- Millions thrown off food stamps because they can't find work. (Jan 2016)
- Economic human rights: food, water, & housing. (Jun 2015)
- Right to affordable housing: expand rental & home assistance. (Jan 2012)
- Don't prevent church-based welfare, but not as substitute. (Dec 2011)
- Affordable housing & community development. (Nov 2001)
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Donald Trump on Welfare & Poverty
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| Republican former President |
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- Waive work requirement only if unemployment over 6%. (Apr 2023)
- Close loopholes that allow food stamps to millionaires. (Apr 2023)
- Homeless encampments in outer reaches of cities. (Jul 2022)
- 1970s: changed rental practice to avoid discrimination suit. (Jul 2020)
- Suspends some SNAP limits; may still curtail eligibility. (Mar 2020)
- 9,000 Opportunities Zones are transforming neighborhoods. (Feb 2020)
- 7M people off welfare and food stamps. (Feb 2020)
- Opportunity Zones in 9,000 neglected neighborhoods. (Feb 2020)
- New rule will cut SNAP benefits for 688,000. (Dec 2019)
- Rebuild our black inner cities, which are so sad. (Sep 2016)
- Help those in need by massive tax cuts & cutting regulations. (Sep 2016)
- 1970s: opposed rent control but lived in rent-controlled apt. (Aug 2016)
- 1981: Rent-control tenants are "millionaires in mink coats". (Aug 2016)
- Sought to exclude welfare recipients from his residences. (Sep 2015)
- OpEd:"dog-whistle" racist language links "welfare" & "black". (Sep 2015)
- I don't like firing people; work makes people better. (Dec 2011)
- Food stamps should be temporary; not a decade on the dole. (Dec 2011)
- Apply welfare-to-work to 76 other welfare programs. (Dec 2011)
- I give a lot of money away to charity. (Sep 2008)
- Let "saints" help teen moms; restrict public assistance. (Jul 2000)
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JD Vance on Welfare & Poverty
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| Republican Vice Presidential nominee |
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- Biden/Harris plan drove cost of housing higher by 60%. (Oct 2024)
- Welfare queens are poor whites as often as black moms. (May 2017)
- Homeownership policies moved bad neighborhoods to suburbs. (May 2017)
- We spend our way to the poorhouse. (Nov 2016)
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Tim Walz on Welfare & Poverty
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| DFL Governor & V.P. nominee |
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- 3 million new houses proposed, under the Harris plan. (Oct 2024)
- End housing crisis: Build 3 million new housing units . (Aug 2024)
- $1 billion investment in affordable housing. (Aug 2024)
- Multifamily housing for seniors, veterans, and homeless. (Mar 2024)
- Feeding our Future scandal: an unacceptable scam. (Oct 2022)
- Repair shelters, invest in affordable housing. (Jan 2022)
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Marianne Williamson on Welfare & Poverty
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| Democratic candidate for President |
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- Declare an unconditional war on poverty, end homelessness. (Jun 2023)
- Equal access to opportunity for a stable democracy. (Jul 2019)
- Welfare is social justice, not charity. (Jul 2018)
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