Bernie Sanders and Workers on Welfare
24 September 2018
Michael R. Strain, Director, Economic Policy Studies and John G. Searle Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses his recent article on the war on poverty, and the negatives of Senator Bernie Sanders' proposed legislation to tax large businesses with employees who receive benefits from safety-net programs.
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