Scott DesJarlais actually said...

Penalizing people for working is not compassionate. We need to rethink and restructure the way we administer our social safety nets so that we are actually empowering people rather than dooming them to dependency.

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DesJarlais argues for restructuring social safety nets to empower rather than penalize workers.

02/13/2013

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