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Bill Clinton: Nearly everybody on welfare wants to get off, wants to be self-supporting, wants to be an independent member of society.

On the recordApril 9, 1997
Nearly everybody on welfare wants to get off, wants to be self-supporting, wants to be an independent member of society.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the Implementation of Welfare Reform and an Exchange With Reporters

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