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Eric Adams: “Poverty is profitable.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Published | Video Starts at 00:09

Yes, you can. Is career politician a dirty word? You're an elected official. You're part of the government. Yes. And yet it sounds like you're a little bit critical of government. Poverty is profitable. We should always remember that when he's. Incarcerated that they're going to make a lot more money off him than hiring a tutor in the public school to help him with his learning disability. (00:09–00:12)

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Asserts that poverty generates profit.

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