State of South Carolina Archives: on Welfare & Poverty

Mike Bloomberg: Put more bank branches in minority neighborhoods

Amy Klobuchar: One size doesn't fit all, for rural poverty

KLOBUCHAR: People aren't always aware about how much poverty there is, particularly child poverty in rural areas. So the answer is one size doesn't fit all. And one of the ways you do this, right now we have something called critical access hospitals so they're designated for rural areas. And actually, I am the lead Democrat on a bill to extend that, to have other types of hospitals, like emergency rooms in rural areas be covered.

Elizabeth Warren: My housing plan deals with the after-effects of red-lining

[During] the housing crash of 2008, I was out there fighting for a consumer agency to make sure people never get cheated again on their mortgages. I have a housing plan, and what it has in it specifically is a piece to deal with the effects of red-lining. We can no longer pretend that everything is race-neutral. We have got to address race consciously, what's happening in this country.

Joe Biden: I fought red-lining and now I fight race-based home pricing

Sen. Elizabeth WARREN: It is not enough to talk about housing neutrally and just be race-blind. It is important to recognize the role that the federal government played for decades in discriminating against African-Americans having an opportunity to buy homes. I have a housing plan, and what it has in it specifically is a piece to deal with the effects of red-lining.

BIDEN: My first effort I had as a councilman was doing away with red-lining in the county. [In my current plan], I provide for the opportunity for first-time home buyers to be able to have a $15,000 tax credit so they can get the mortgage at the front end and be able to keep it. Look, right now if you live in a black neighborhood and you have the same exact house as the guy across the street in a white neighborhood has, your house is valued significantly less than the white, the same exact house. We've got to deal with the institutional racism.

Mike Bloomberg: I fought against red-lining in communities

Q: In addition, Senator Warren on Twitter called you a liar and a borderline racist because of what you said about red-lining.

BLOOMBERG: Unfortunately, she's misinformed on red-lining. You can go back and look at the record. I fought against it before the crisis in '08, during '08, and after that. Red-lining is not the problem with the mortgage market, but it was a problem for the communities where it was done, and we stopped that.

Q: Did it work in NYC?

BLOOMBERG: When you're talking about affordable housing, we created 175,000 units of affordable housing in New York City. You have to learn how to work with both sides of the aisle and then you can get stuff done.

Jaime Harrison: Strong social safety net, increase earned income tax credit

Thomas Ravenel: No welfare benefits for illegal immigrants

Mark Sanford: Redirect welfare funding to faith-based organizations

Indicate which principles you support regarding welfare.
• Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
• Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.