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447. How Much Do We Really Care About Children?

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Do You Feel That Kids Are Underrepresented in Public Policy Discussions?

"I feel very strongly that kids get short shrift in our current policy and political environment," he says. "If we just gave every kid who lived in poverty in this country the average social urity benefit, that would essentially eradicate childhood poverty in this country for a price tag of around a hundred and eighty billion dollars." He adds: "We don't do more for poor kids in this country in particular, because they're not a political priority"...

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