Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 5, 2011
We must stop the blame-the-victim approach of just blaming unemployment on the unemployed.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Doggett criticizes the tendency to blame unemployed individuals for their situation.

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