Really what we need to do is jump underneath families and push them up. Because this doesn't change until we lift up some families. The Brookings Institute, not known to be … The Brookings Institute has identified three areas... if you're going to solve poverty... wait until marriage to have children, finish high school, and have a job. … any type of those three things. Now, if you take away any one of those things, obviously they can still rise, but it gets harder. (23:08–23:30)
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Asserts that waiting until marriage to have children, finishing high school, and having a job are key to escaping poverty.
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