What Conservatives Really Mean When They Talk About Poverty

Of late, conservatives have been talking quite a bit about poverty and growing inequality, and have created a new lexicon of antipoverty terminology. In reality, this vocabulary is just a new way of speaking about the same old policies that will result in deep cuts to education, healthcare, nutrition, and affordable housing. In this video, Melissa Boteach, Vice President of the Poverty to Prosperity program at the Center for American Progress, explains what conservatives are really talking about.