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Thomas R. Carper: “What we have done is change the rules...so that people are actually materially better off going to work.”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2002
What we have done is change the rules...so that people are actually materially better off going to work.
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Thomas R. Carper
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congress.gov
Feb 13, 2002

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Senator Carper explains how welfare reform improved incentives for employment.

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