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Mark Green: “Some of my colleagues believe that the poor can do more with less, but that the wealthy need more to do more.”

On the recordApril 29, 2019
Some of my colleagues believe that the poor can do more with less, but that the wealthy need more to do more.
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Mark Green
Republican · Tennessee

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Mr. Green critiques the disparity in expectations for the poor versus the wealthy.

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