Sonny Perdue: “We think the purpose is to help people move to independency . . . . We…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2019

We think the purpose is to help people move to independency . . . . We should help people when they are down but that should not be interminably.

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Sonny Perdue

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Sonny Perdue emphasizes the goal of SNAP is to aid self-sufficiency, not long-term dependency.

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