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Roger Williams: “I mean, here we are paying people to sit on the couch, paying people not to work.”

On the recordJuly 12, 2021
I mean, here we are paying people to sit on the couch, paying people not to work.
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Roger Williams
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Williams criticizes unemployment benefits that discourage people from returning to work.

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