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Roger Williams: I have never heard anybody say that people in poverty are lazy.

On the recordJuly 30, 2013
I have never heard anybody say that people in poverty are lazy.
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Roger Williams
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Williams emphasizes that poverty should not be equated with laziness.

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