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Gwen Moore: You do not have to graduate from the Wharton School of Economics to understand this chart.

On the recordApril 16, 2012
You do not have to graduate from the Wharton School of Economics to understand this chart.
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Gwen Moore
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Moore emphasizes the correlation between declining benefits and rising child poverty.

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