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Mike Enzi: “I think it's smarter to invest when they're young--through programs like Head Start--rather than spending $50,000 a year…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
I think it's smarter to invest when they're young--through programs like Head Start--rather than spending $50,000 a year to keep a kid who fell off track in jail.
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Mike Enzi
Republican · Wyoming

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Advocating for early investment in children's programs over costly incarceration.

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