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Debbie Stabenow: “So your position would be that rather than reward work so if someone is working 40 hours a week, so they would be out of…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
So your position would be that rather than reward work so if someone is working 40 hours a week, so they would be out of poverty, that they work 40 hours a week, they stay in poverty, but Government subsidizes that poverty?
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Debbie Stabenow
Democratic · Michigan

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Stabenow questions the effectiveness of government support for low-wage workers.

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