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Mike Lee: “These, in other words, create effectively poverty traps in which people feel compelled not to do that which might be for…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
These, in other words, create effectively poverty traps in which people feel compelled not to do that which might be for their long--inure to their long-term benefit, but in the short term they might face penalties.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Senator Lee discusses how welfare disincentives create poverty traps.

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