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  • Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question – but think of it this way: Every other anti-poverty program that’s been tried has failed to get the national poverty rate below 11 percent... Why shouldn’t we experiment with a program built around the one strategy that has proven time and again to work wonders – capitalism?

    Mayor Bloomberg's Address to The Brookings Center On Children And Families "briefing On The Census Poverty Report", www1.nyc.gov. August 28, 2007.
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