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Jim McDermott: “The problems that States have had has not been because they increased benefits, but because they reduced the rate that…”

On the recordApril 24, 2012
The problems that States have had has not been because they increased benefits, but because they reduced the rate that they were charging employers.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott discusses the impact of reduced employer charges on state benefits.

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