“Largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than at any time since World War II.”

— Bryant Gumbel

July 17, 1989 Today Real Video http://www.mediaresearch.org/rm/projects/99/Gumbel1/segment1.ram

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