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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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