"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."
John Edwards on Monday, January 21st, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. >>Details
"One out of every four homeless people on our streets is a veteran."
John Edwards on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire. >>Details
"We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children."
Chris Dodd on Thursday, December 13th, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa >>Details
Poor people go to a "payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."
John Edwards on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 in a speech in Americus, Ga. >>Details
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