PostElection Briefing for Grantmakers

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GIST
Grantmakers Income Seurity Taskforce
Post-Election Briefing for Grantmakers December
2-3, 2008 Implications of the New
Administrations Domestic Policy
Priorities Health and Human Services Jodie
Levin-Epstein Center for Law and Social Policy
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"Poverty is arguably the most pressing economic
problem of our time. And because rising
inequality, for a given level of income, leads to
greater poverty, the distribution of income is
also a central concern."
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Christina Romer, Director-designate of the
President's Council of Economic Advisors
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..The challenge of maintaining stable economic
prosperity and economic growth, the challenge of
making sure that that prosperity is widely and
legitimately shared and the challenge of building
a global system that works for citizens of all
nations.
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Larry Summers, Director-designate of the National
Economic Council
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Cutting poverty in half in a decade is a goal
that I will set as president of the United States
of America. May 17, 2008
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Karen Kornbluh Author, Democratic Platform Former
Policy Director, Senator Barack Obama Future, .
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Theoretically you are right. The economy is
number one. All else will take pressure. The
money is an issue.
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