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Steven Horsford: “Putting people on part-time jobs that don't pay livable wages doesn't get them off a cycle of dependency.”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2020
Putting people on part-time jobs that don't pay livable wages doesn't get them off a cycle of dependency.
Said by
Steven Horsford
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Horsford argues that low-paying jobs fail to lift people out of poverty.

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