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Al Green: “There seems to be the notion that we can do more for the poor with less, but that the wealthy need more to do more.”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2020
There seems to be the notion that we can do more for the poor with less, but that the wealthy need more to do more.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Green critiques the disparity in funding approaches for the poor versus the wealthy.

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