The Importance of Choice in Fighting Poverty

"We don't just treat the symptoms, but we really treat the disease," she says. "The top 1% of income earners could raise an additional $175 billion a year." That's enough to more than double our investment in affordable housing and child tax credit for low-income families. We cut child poverty in half in six months with a subsidy that went to moderate and low income families; it was hugely effective.