According to recent reports, possible GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is working with his recently established nonprofit group, America Takes Action, to produce a series of videos designed to offer a conservative path to end poverty and dependency in the U.S. The first of these videos, posted above, was published this week.

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Huckabee added to the narrative by highlighting what he believes to be the biggest hurdles toward addressing poverty and high unemployment in America.

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He advocated taking a novel approach to the ongoing debate over raising the minimum wage.

“Instead of fighting over the minimum wage,” he suggested, “why don’t we focus on solutions that help every American earn his or her maximum wage.”

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He advocated “moving the power away from Washington where people are so disconnected from the way that so many ordinary Americans live.”

Governmental power is best exercised when it is “local and limited,” he continued, “because the closer government is to the people, the more accountable it is to the people being governed.”