I would say to you under Obama's ideology, it is absolutely true, that he would be comfortable sending a lot of people checks for doing nothing.
Newt Gingrich: “I would say to you under Obama's ideology, it is absolutely true, that he would be comfortable sending a lot of people…”
On the recordAugust 9, 2012
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Gingrich asserts that under Obama's policies, people would receive welfare without the need to work.
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