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Stacey Abrams: “Only 46.5% of working age people with disabilities are…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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How Trump Is Attacking Disabled Americans

Published | Video Starts at 36:23

… cuts and SNAP benefit cuts that were embedded in the Republican MEGA bill that passed last year. We know that according to the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on disability, Only 46.5% of working age people with disabilities are employed. And with this work requirement, that is going to create a barrier not only for those who are underemployed, it's going to create a hardship for those that, you know, that 46.5% who have jobs, but the remainder who don't. (36:23–36:29)

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