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Jay Furman: “More people have come out of poverty in the last 70 years…”

Featuring: Jay Furman, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Texas, District 28

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Published | Video Starts at 33:03

That is why America is the economic miracle of the world. And these last 70 years that we have been, that we've risen the watermark for the world over, people are. More people have come out of poverty in the last 70 years than anywhere else. And more people are healthier than they have been because of those outcomes than any other time in history. And that's just a watershed of, of America being competitive. (33:03–33:07)

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Asserts that more people have escaped poverty in the last 70 years in America than anywhere else.

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