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What Paul Ryan Means When He Talks About Poverty
The right way to think about poverty, per the GOP’s own leaders, is to not think about poverty.
In a speech on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan dove into the 2016 presidential race. Not as a candidate, but as an arbiter.
“Looking around at what’s taking place in politics today, it is easy to get disheartened,” he told interns and reporters in the Ways and Means Committee room. “How many of you find yourself just shaking your head at what you see from both sides?”