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Ben Carson: We should measure the success of a program not on the number of people we add to it, but the number of people we get off…

On the recordMay 16, 2018
We should measure the success of a program not on the number of people we add to it, but the number of people we get off of it.
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Ben Carson

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Emphasizing the importance of reducing dependency on government programs.

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