“A War on the Poor”

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“I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor. That if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.”

That’s not from Bernie Sanders of Jesse Jackson. It’s from confirmed supply-sider and Republican Gov. John Kasich (OH), after tangling with a recalcitrant state legislature dead set against his effort to accept Medicaid expansion in his state.

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