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Orrin Hatch: “How morally obscene it is that a nation with a GDP exceeding $14 trillion cannot find the will, common sense and decency…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2010
How morally obscene it is that a nation with a GDP exceeding $14 trillion cannot find the will, common sense and decency to provide a safety net to protect its more than 15 million poor children.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of the lack of support for poor children in a wealthy nation.

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