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On the recordApril 2, 2019
A perception of people who are receiving SNAP benefits that extend across America... was that people were lazy, they did not want to work, they just wanted government assistance.
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Al Lawson
Florida

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Lawson challenges the stereotype of SNAP recipients as lazy and unmotivated.

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