A new federal program provides subsidized "Obama phones" with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.
"The richest 1 percent have more financial wealth than the bottom 95 percent combined."
Obama says his bill "reduced welfare rolls nearly 80 percent."
Barack Obama "passed laws moving people from welfare to work."
"If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have."
"One out of every four homeless people on our streets is a veteran."
"We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children."
Poor people go to a "payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."
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