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Wes Moore: “There's policies that are putting people in poverty and…”

Featuring: Wes Moore, Democratic | Governor of Maryland

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Why is patriotism so…WEIRD? With Governor Wes Moore

Published | Video Starts at 23:28

And I'm kind of like. And I thought about it. I was like, why do you think these issues exist in the first place? Like, there's our policies. There's policies that are putting people in poverty and keeping them there. I could sit there and work in finance and say, I'll just, you know, take a portion of my bonus every year and do that. I could do that. (23:28–23:32)

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Asserts that existing policies contribute to and sustain poverty.

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