David Beckmann: Poor People Did Not Cause the Deficit

Bread for the World President David Beckmann was featured in a recent interview with Jodie Levin-Epstein, aired on April 6 on the Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity webcast. This same video appeared in the Bread blog.

The amount of money we spend on poor people is not very much. They did not cause the budget deficit. We should reduce our budget deficit. But not by hurting hungry people. -David Beckmann

Exclusive Interview with David Beckmann from Spotlight on Vimeo.