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Nate Schatzline: “The welfare state was created for two reasons for widows…”

Featuring: Nate Schatzline, Republican | Texas House of Representatives, District 93

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Published | Video Starts at 25:15

It's kind of like, you know, we've got all these programs for kids that are, excuse me, for widows. You know, The welfare state was created for two reasons for widows, and it was created also for wounded veterans and for disabled. We've got to understand that the only reason the government had to step in in that time was because the church wasn't doing their job. We've got to Step up as the church. (25:15–25:26)

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Asserts the original purposes of the welfare state.

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