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Ben Carson: “Those are the kinds of things that are perverse incentives that have kept people mired in poverty. We want to change…”

On the recordJune 26, 2018
Those are the kinds of things that are perverse incentives that have kept people mired in poverty. We want to change those things.
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Ben Carson

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Discussing the need to eliminate disincentives for improving economic status.

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