In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice. Charity is not a solution to poverty.
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