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On the recordAugust 7, 2012
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.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Gingrich expresses his belief that under Obama's ideology, welfare checks would be given without work requirements.

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