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Bill Foster: “One of the simple principles that you might consider adding to these is to reward the number of people helped.”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2020
One of the simple principles that you might consider adding to these is to reward the number of people helped.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Foster suggests focusing on the number of people helped, not just dollar amounts.

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