…Missing from Edwards’s approach, some thinkers on the subject say,
is the same crucial component lacking in past proposals: a way of
framing the problem that can inspire political will to help a segment
of society that tends not to vote.
Margy Waller, a policy adviser
in the Clinton administration, said that because so many Americans
believe poverty results from bad personal decisions, it is better to
address it in broader terms of improving social cohesion, reducing
inequality and strengthening the economy, instead of focusing on
“poverty”…
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