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Peter Welch: “What it reveals, aside from the obvious cruelty of the policy, is that we had a government that was not paying attention…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2021
What it reveals, aside from the obvious cruelty of the policy, is that we had a government that was not paying attention to the function that an executive has to make things work as opposed to simply make pronouncements that had a political orientation.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Welch criticizes the government's failure to effectively implement policies amidst cruelty.

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