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Glenn Grothman: most of the Nation's social programs produce modest or no impacts on the problems they were meant to address.

On the recordSeptember 25, 2017
most of the Nation's social programs produce modest or no impacts on the problems they were meant to address.
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Glenn Grothman
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Grothman critiques the effectiveness of social programs despite significant funding.

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