Listen "The Original 'Welfare Queen'"
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It's a pernicious stereotype, but it was coined in reference to a real woman named Linda Taylor. But her misdeeds were far more numerous and darker than welfare fraud. This week: how politicians used one outlier's story to turn the public against government programs for the poor.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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