The bottom line is that poverty does not have to exist in the United States. We can have universal childcare. We can have universal healthcare. We can make sure everyone has a home to live in and food to eat. Keeping people in poverty is a choice this country makes every day.

The bottom line is that poverty does not have to exist in the United States. We can have universal childcare. We can have universal healthcare. We can make sure everyone has a home to live in and food to eat.

Keeping people in poverty is a choice this country makes every day.

— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) January 15, 2020