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Sander Levin: “I must confess I find the discussion we just heard appalling, that we are paying people not to work...”

On the recordMay 23, 2016
I must confess I find the discussion we just heard appalling, that we are paying people not to work...
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Sander Levin
Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Levin criticizes the characterization of welfare programs as paying people not to work.

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