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Scott Walker

More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way.

Scott Walker

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Scott Walker is saying that having fewer people on unemployment benefits is a true sign of success only when it happens because people find private-sector jobs, not because they were removed from the system. He believes this happens when the government reduces its interference, allowing the private sector to create more employment opportunities.

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