Look, I think it, and I think it varies state by state, but I think when you have a welfare state where you get paid for not working, it's bad incentive. People end up not working. And the statistics are really crushing, that If anyone doesn't work for a year, the odds of their going back to the workforce drop precipitously. That once someone gets the habit of dependency. I've said a bunch of times, you know, I try to think of every policy from the perspective of easing the means of ascent up the economic ladder. (18:52–19:00)
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