Their participation in the economy raised their skill set and they move up in the economy in many ways. If you read the academic literature, those who oppose things like work requirements, you got to read your literature. You're crushing people. You're destroying their economic futures, their ability to learn skill sets, how to participate in the economy. But maybe, maybe we have people around here that permanent poverty, that level of cruelty is what's built into their political manifesto. I refuse to believe that. (36:16–36:25)
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Asserts that opposing work requirements in benefit programs harms people's economic futures and skill development.
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