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Jim McGovern: “But the reality is, for many, many years, we have been balancing the budget on the backs of the poor in this country.”

On the recordDecember 8, 2009
But the reality is, for many, many years, we have been balancing the budget on the backs of the poor in this country.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

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McGovern criticizes budget policies that disproportionately affect the poor.

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