So why would we not resurrect this tried and true playbook from the bipartisan era of 1996? The US federal government spends about a trillion dollars a year on means-tested programs. and work requirements are one common sense step toward reforming this trajectory again, which is adding to our national debt. (10:26–10:42)
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Asserts the annual expenditure of the US federal government on means-tested programs.
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