Part TwoFor well over half a century it has been a fundamental tenet of our society that we will provide a safety net for all Americans. To generation after generation, it has been a promise made and a promise kept. It is what Hubert Humphrey meant when he said, “A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members.”In other words, there is embedded in his words a truth that for a broad spectrum of our citizens the safety net [...]
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