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Van Jones: You're talking about Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security. These are programs that are popular and that are working.

On the recordNovember 25, 2012
You're talking about Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security. These are programs that are popular and that are working.
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Van Jones

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Jones argues that popular social programs make it difficult to justify cuts to them in negotiations.

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