Again, there are lots of good examples to look to now for poverty reduction strategies that are in place that seem to be working quite well. I've discovered recently that the National Anti-Poverty Organization is actually going to be directing a lot of its efforts towards working on negative social attitudes towards poverty. It doesn't have much to do with taxes, but I think it has to do with creating the understanding among people and the political will that's necessary to bring about changes. If we begin to understand better what it means to live in poverty, who is living in poverty, how they got there, and the concrete steps that can be taken to help people get out of poverty, I think it actually will go a long way towards making it more possible to make those investments that we all think are necessary to reduce poverty.
On December 6th, 2007. See this statement in context.