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Jim McDermott: “So you have got to be careful where you are poor is what you are saying.”

On the recordApril 4, 2011
So you have got to be careful where you are poor is what you are saying.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting the challenges of poverty depending on state policies.

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