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Jim McDermott: The bottom line being if you keep them poor enough and hungry enough, they will ultimately finally find some way to get…

On the recordSeptember 22, 2011
The bottom line being if you keep them poor enough and hungry enough, they will ultimately finally find some way to get out of it; is that what you are saying?
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott highlights the cycle of poverty and the struggle for self-sufficiency.

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