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Rep. Smith: Encouraging Work Over Welfare
December 06, 2019
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, issued the following Capitol Report column:

The original purpose of welfare was to help those who are in the midst of a rough patch get back on their feet. However, the Left has over time tried to turn it into something else: a lifelong entitlement. Through this distortion, welfare has trapped people in a vicious cycle of dependency instead of empowering them to get back into the workforce. This is holding back countless able-bodie . . .

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