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Mike Erickson: “They get food handouts, they get unemployment possibly or…”

Featuring: Mike Erickson, Former Candidate, U.S. House Oregon, District 6

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Published | Video Starts at 07:16

No one's going to hire them. They're addicted drug addicts and no one's going to hire them. So they just sleep on the street. They get food handouts, they get unemployment possibly or other handouts from our government. And you see them on the streets of Portland and Salem, they're just lined up everywhere. (07:16–07:22)

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Asserts that homeless individuals in [Portland and Salem] receive government assistance such as food and unemployment benefits.

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