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Roger Williams: Government cannot get people out of poverty because it is on the backs of the burden of small business.

On the recordJuly 30, 2013
Government cannot get people out of poverty because it is on the backs of the burden of small business.
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Roger Williams
Republican · Texas

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Williams claims that small businesses are essential for alleviating poverty.

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