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We find in the State of Maryland and through-

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out this country ship lines, airlines, are subsidized

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by the government. We find the housing industry subsidized

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by the government, and, my friend, Delegate Roger, will

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find that the insurance industry benefits from subsidies

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of the government. We have put in a subsidy of the farmers

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of this state. Therefore, under this constitutional

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principle we should and must provide economic opportunity

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for the people who are in need, and if we can do this for

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one class of citizens we can do it for all classes of

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citizens.

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I sponsored an amendment that would provide

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a certain amount of rights and economic benefits to

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all citizens and that includes not only the poor, but

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the middle class. For instance, when I worked for the

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welfare department, we helped people who worked every

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day. They were in need of assistance to pay their hospital

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bills, and I remember talking to a woman whose husband

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earned fifteen thousand dollars as an engineer, and she

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needed help to pay for a relative in a state hospital.

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We subsidize people every day in the State of Maryland