"I wanted to increase the work requirement. I said, for instance, that even if you have a child 2 years of age, you need to go to work. And people said, "Well, that's heartless." And I said, "No, no, I'm willing to spend more giving day care to allow those parents to go back to work. It'll cost the state more providing that daycare, but I want the individuals to have the dignity of work.""
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Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician and businessman who served as a United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025. He previously served as the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and was the Republican's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election.
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