A real testament to what everyone in that family became--a productive member of society, and it was all because of government programs.
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Franken reflects on how government programs helped his family succeed.
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The child tax credit, reduce poverty by childhood poverty by half, biggest middle class, working class, tax cut, low income tax cut in the history of the country.
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