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LEAGUE, MARK MORREAU AND JEFFREY SACHS OF THE U.N. MILLENNIUM PROJECT AND THE PANEL DISCUSSION ON POVERTY. AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SHOULD GET UNDERWAY...
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REALIZING THE DREAM. -- REALIZING THE DREAM,
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INC. HEADED BY MARTIN LUTHER
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KING THIRD AND DISCUSSION SHOULD START IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND ALSO ON C-SPAN STARTING IN 20 MINUTES ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF HOUSE OVERSIGHT HEARINGS....
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AGENCIES INCLUDING MOODY'S AND STANDARD & POOR'S. THAT GETS UNDERWAY AT 10:00 A.M. EASTERN. OVER ON C-SPAN, CQ CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY REPORTS TODAY...
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AND SENATOR McCAIN AS STOPS IN OHIO, AND ALSO IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, A COUPLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WE'LL BRING THOSE TO YOU LATER ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS....
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CAN HEAR ME. YES? OKAY. GREAT. BECAUSE WE HAVE A BIG AGENDA TO TRY TO GET THROUGH, AND A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. THIS IS THE PANEL, I WANT TO WUK ALL TO
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O'Connor, Alice - Associate Professor
THE PANEL ON REDRESSING POVERTY IN AMERICA AND I WANT TO NOTE THERE, OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON POVERTY AND BUILDING AGENDA, ANTI-POVERTY AGENDA THAT IS LARGELY...
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I DEVELOPED IN 2006, AFTER MY MOTHER, CORETTA SCOTT KING'S PASSING AND TO CONTINUE HER WORK AND THE MARK OF -- AND THE WORK OF MY FATHER, MARTIN LUTHER...
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King, Martin Luther III - Chairman and CEO
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Edelman, Peter B. - Legislative Assistant
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Kemp, Jack French - U.S. Representative, [R] New York
WENT TO OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, SO THANK YOU FOR PLAYING THE ROLE OF MODERATOR....
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HAVE. AND LIKE I'M BASICALLY -- JUST LIKE BASICALLY -- I APOLOGIZE, I'M NERVOUS. MY FAULT. >> NO NEED. NO NEED. >> YEAH, BUT AS I SAID, I GREW UP IN...
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Cross, Brandon - Member
LIKE PETER SAID ABOUT SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DISCONNECTED FROM -- WE HAVE SO MANY DISCONNECTED YOUNG PEOPLE FROM EDUCATION AND JOBS. WHY ARE WE DISCONNECTED?...
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OWN WORDS. REVEREND DR. KING'S VIEW ON POVERTY WAS TO USE THE ANALOGY
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Spriggs, William - Chair
OF THE ROAD FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO. HE HAD VISITED ISRAEL AND DROVE THAT ROAD WITH HIS WIFE AND WAS ASTONISHED BY HOW HARROWING THE ROAD WAS. THOSE...
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Donner, Lisa - Executive Director
ALL, AND FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE AS A UNION ORGANIZER AND AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WHEN THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT AND...
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Blackmon, Douglas A. - Bureau Chief
MCCAIN'S ANCESTORS 150 YEARS AGO, AND IT'S REALLY A STORY, THOUGH, ABOUT KIND OF THE TRIUMPHAL STORY OF THOSE AFRICAN AMERICANS' ESCAPE FROM THE LEGACY...
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IT. IT WAS REALLY FASCINATING. IT TOLD THE STORY OF AMERICAN
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Saltzman, David - Executive Director
HISTORY THAT DOESN'T GET TOLD ENOUGH, SO THANK YOU FOR WRITING THAT. I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION...
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OF PRIORITIES, AS WELL AS IN TERMS OF HOW WE ACTUALLY -- WHAT DO WE WANT TO PUT ON THE AGENDA THAT WE FEEL BELONGS ON A FIVE-YEAR AGENDA FOR REDUCING...
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O'Connor, Alice - Associate Professor
ECONOMIC POLICY PRIORITIES? >> I'LL SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS. ALL GOOD THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE FOR FREE SHOULD BE DONE FOR FREE. SO IF DAVID HAS A MODEL...
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COST, WE OUGHT TO REPLICATE THAT. >> :
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Sachs, Jeffrey D. - Director
IN GENERAL, OTHER COUNTRIES SPEND BETWEEN 5 AND 10% MORE OF GNP MORE THAN WE DO IN THIS COUNTRY ON SOCIAL EXPENDITURES AND ARILATED OUTLAYS. WHETHER...
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POLICY, BUT CAN WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE TABLE ON THAT? HOW DOES TAX POLICY NEED TO CHANGE IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED?...
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O'Connor, Alice - Associate Professor
NATIONAL INCOME AS TAXES SO THAT WE CAN DEVOTE THEM TO HIGH PRIORITY AREAS LIKE A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEM, INFRASTRUCTURE, HEALTH CARE, AND SO ON....
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AND I CAN SAY SINCE WE STARTED DEBATING THESE POINTS 25 YEARS AGO, HE'S COMMITTED ABSOLUTELY SERIOUSLY TO THESE ISSUES ALL THAT TIME. >> THANK YOU. >>...
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Kemp, Jack French - U.S. Representative, [R] New York
THANK YOU, JEFFREY. THIS, THIS IS A FASCINATING TOPIC, SO IT CANNOT BE ANY WAY COMPLETED OR EXHAUSTED AT THIS LEVEL SO TO BE BRIEF AND PROVOCATIVE, MANY...
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AREA, AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO JOBS. >> WELL, WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. THE, THE, THE REAL KEY IS GOING TO BE THE ISSUE OF JOBS. WHAT...
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O'Connor, Alice - Associate Professor
EIGHT YEARS -- WHAT WAS MASKED DURING THE LAST
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EIGHT YEARS WAS WE HAD THIS HOUSING BOOM AND WE GAINED ABOUT A MILLION JOBS IN CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE OF T. AMERICANS MORE THAN DOUBLED THEIR EXPENDITURES...
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Spriggs, William - Chair
THAT MEANT THAT WE ALSO GAINED JOBS OR AT LEAST HELD JOBS IN FURNITURE MANUFACTURING AND HOME APPLIANCES, ET CETERA. ACTUALLY, WE LOST. WE LOST A QUARTER...
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YOU KNOW, CAPTURING MORE OF THE, MORE OF THE REVENUE THAT'S BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF OUR LONG-TERM SHIFT IN
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O'Connor, Alice - Associate Professor
TAX POLICY TO, TO PRIVILEGE THE WEALTHY. NEVERTHELESS, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT FOREVER, AND I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO...
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YES. >> I'M JEREMY SIMANS, SENIOR PRESIDENT WITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PANEL AND MR. KING, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU...
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O'Connor, Alice - Associate Professor
TO BE HERE. THERE IS A COMMON THEME AMONGST SOME OF THE A SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS AND EVEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GREEN ECONOMY AND GREEN JOBS AND OBVIOUSLY...
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O'Connor, Alice - Associate Professor
SUCH A MODEST -- I DON'T MEAN TO LOOK JUST AT YOU BUT WHY ARE WE SETTING SUCH A MODEST GOAL AFTER ALL? I MEAN YOU KNOW WE DID AT ONE TIME TALK ABOUT...
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AN OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. ALL OF US WHO ARE FOR BEOCOBAMA NEED TO WORK -- FOR BARACK OBAMA NEEDS TO WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD IF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO...
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Edelman, Peter B. - Legislative Assistant
FOR GRANTED. NOW I START WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE ANSWERS AND THIS IS NOT TO PUT IT THE RESPONSIBILITY AWAY FROM ANY OF US ARE THE LEADERSHIP...
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TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT OF COURSE. ON THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS POLITICALLY FEASIBLE, BELIEVE ME, PRESIDENT BUSH OBALMA'S GOING TO
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Sachs, Jeffrey D. - Director
DAA -- OBAMA'S GOING TO A DO LOT OF THINGS THAT DON'T SEE SEEM POLITICALLY FEASIBLE BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO BE A GREAT LEADER AND HE IS GOING TO GET...
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ABOUT NATIONALIZING OUR, OUR BANKS, NOT TOO LONG AGO. SO ON THAT NOTE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WONDERFUL PARTICIPATION AND THANKS TO OUR PANELISTS...
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O'Connor, Alice - Associate Professor
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CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> C-SPAN,
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